Alabama NewsCenter — Ann Hodges gave the University of Alabama a gift like no other

By University of Alabama

It was Nov. 30, 1954, outside Sylacauga, Alabama. Ann Hodges napped on her couch, snuggled under quilts, unaware that people in three states had seen a light streak across the midday sky. Nor did she hear the boom that some people thought, according to newspaper reports, was a plane crash.

Suddenly something blew a hole in her roof, ricocheted off a large Philco radio and struck her in the side. Hodges later said she thought the space heater had exploded, but when the dust cleared, there was a grapefruit-sized rock. She called for help and the mayor, police chief and fire department arrived.

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