Cork billboard campaign part of international call for meteorite awareness day

In 1954, Ann Hodges became the first and only human to have been directly struck by an extraterrestrial object when a meteorite crashed through her roof while she was sleeping

A series of billboards with futuristic artworks advertising 'The Hodges Effect' is on display right across Cork City in support of the effort.

Have you ever heard of Ann Hodges?

On November 30, 1954, the 34-year-old was sleeping when a meteorite came crashing through the roof of her Alabama home, bounced off a radio and hit her on the hip.