Meet the American who reported the first sensational UFO encounters, Puritan leader John Winthrop
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Meet the American who shared sensational accounts of UFO encounters. John Winthrop was the leader of the Massachusetts Bay Colony — his journal of colonial life is essential to American history.
"John Winthrop’s journal has long served as a cornerstone of … historical scholarship." — Massachusetts Historical Society "His energies seemed prodigious and inexhaustible." "For we must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill." — John Winthrop, 1630 He reported mystifying events that defy explanation. "James Everell, a sober, discreet man, and two others, saw a great light in the night at Muddy River." — John Winthrop "Most UFO witnesses, like Everell or Winthrop, are serious, sober individuals." — UFO expert Nick Pope Kerry J. Byrne is a lifestyle reporter with Fox News Digital.
The first known UFO encounter in America was recorded in 1639 by pious Puritan and prolific journal-keeper John Winthrop. He is a foundational figure in the national pantheon and leader of the Massachusetts Bay Colony as it settled Boston.
Winthrop’s sensational account of "a great light in the night" was witnessed by a group of "sober, discreet" and "credible persons" over Muddy River in Boston — a trickle of a creek that today wraps around American sports landmark Fenway Park.
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