Ann holding the meteorite that crashed into her living room © Alabama Museum of Natural History. It is also commonly called the Hodges meteorite because a fragment of it struck Ann Elizabeth Fowler Hodges (19201972). A special thanks to the people from these local communities, who were really kind and got out of their way to help me. Because I couldn’t travel to Alabama myself because of COVID-19, I reached out to numerous Alabama locals through Facebook groups and forums. Ann Hodges and her meteorite are still a subject of interest. I could not have made this film without the help of the staff of The University of Alabama and Getty Images, which supplied me with most of the pictures used in this short film. The reserved woman, an Alabama native, told her then-husband she’d wished that the meteorite had burned up in the atmosphere. Ann Hodges: The Woman That Was Hit By A Meteorite showcases the gritty way in which humankind preserves history and violence through photographs while functioning as a homage to the incredible sci-fi films that dominated box offices in the 1950’s. I hope my film gives some recognition to the late Ann Hodges, whose short life was as wondrous as it was tragic. In the first known case of an extraterrestrial object to have injured a human being in the U.S., Ann Hodges of Sylacauga, Alabama, was severely bruised by a 8-pound (3.6-kilogram) stony. To put it in perspective of how unlikely that really is, Florida State College astronomer Michael Reynolds previously told National Geographic: 'You have. With this experimental short film, I wanted to tell the incredible but tragic story of Ann Hodges and simultaneously reflect on my passion for low budget Hollywood science fiction films. Hodges sadly passed away in 1972 from kidney failure aged 52, but her story has gone down in history she remains to be the only person in the world who's survived being hit by a meteorite. As the 34-year-old lay napping cozily under quilts on the sofa in her Alabama home, she awoke with a jolt as she became the only. It bounces off a standup radio, ricochets around the living room, and collides with the thigh of Mrs. On November 30, 1954, Ann Hodges experienced a rude awakening. At about 12:45 in the afternoon, a space rock comes plummeting through the roof of a house in Sylacauga, Alabama. After doing more extensive research on the event, I learned that the hero of the story was also the victim. Ann Hodges was just napping on the couch when the meteorite struck the ceiling, hit the radio and bounced back to hit her in. A Meteorite Hits Ann Hodges HISTORY This Week 34 mins November 30, 1954.

As a visual artist that has a deep and dark fascination for forensic and (historic) news photography, I found the images that recorded the Sylacauga meteorite event almost too good to be true. Hodges online, I was immediately captivated by the grainy black and white pictures that captured this bizarre footnote in history. When I stumbled upon the remarkable story of Ann E.

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