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Sheffield Lake Fitzgerald Domed-Disc Report

Early morning, September 21, 1958Sheffield Lake, Ohio, United States

Mrs. William Fitzgerald reported a domed disc a few feet above the ground outside her house; another local witness later signed a statement describing a round object with a hump/dome. Hall contrasts these reports with an Air Force explanation involving a train headlight, Coast Guard spotlight and weather.

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CLAIM-694024reported
“Hall says Mrs. Fitzgerald reported a domed, disc-shaped object only a few feet above the ground and that a second local witness later signed a statement describing a round object with a hump or dome.”
The UFO Evidence
SRC-002107 · Sheffield Lake witness reports; uploaded PDF pp. 212-213
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CLAIM-694025disputed
“The Air Force attributed Sheffield Lake to a combination of a train headlight, Coast Guard spotlight and weather; the Akron UFO Research Committee reported that the rail geometry did not shine into the Fitzgerald window and that Lake Erie was obscured from the house.”
The UFO Evidence
SRC-002107 · Sheffield Lake Air Force explanation and Akron rebuttal; uploaded PDF pp. 212-213
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