John Winthrop was the leader of the Massachusetts Bay Colony — his journal of colonial life is essential to American history. Meet the American who shared sensational accounts of UFO encounters.

John Winthrop’s “A Model of Christian Charity” was as important a document as the Pilgrims’ Mayflower Compact to this nation.

John Winthrop wrote about the massacre as a win worthy of God’s favor: “There was a day of thanksgiving kept in all the churches for the victory obtained against the Pequods.” ...

Yet Winthrop the Younger, and forgotten figures in his stead, fused both head and heart, but in their occult fascinations they also added an additional element no less American: the spirit.