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Sunday, January 18, 2009

This Weird Day in History - Jan 18, 1644

Perplexed Pilgrims report first UFO sighting in North America.

According to The Journal of John Winthrop (Dunn, Savage, and Yeandle, 1996), p. 493, there is a follow-up on Winthrop’s January 18 report: “The 18th of this month two lights were seen near Boston, (as is before mentioned,) and a week after the like was seen again.” This time on the 25th, two lights converged, and “sometimes they shot out flames and sometimes sparkles. This was about eight of the clock in the evening, and was seen by many.”

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