Original sentence: Barry Fell, author of 'America BC' and 'Saga America' was sent a copy of the inscription by the chief archivist of the Nova Scotia Archives in the late 1970s.Fell, who had previously published his translations of coded writings on stones found elsewhere in North America, concluded that the symbols were similar to those used by an early Christian sect known as the Copts and when translated implied that the people needed to remember their God or else they would perish
Edited sentence: Barry Fell, a crank well known for his books 'America BC' and 'Saga America' was sent a copy of the inscription by the chief archivist of the Nova Scotia Archives in the late 1970s.Fell, whose publications consisted largely of alleged translations of inscriptions on stones found elsewhere in North America, concluded that the symbols were similar to the Coptic  alphabet and when translated implied that the people needed to remember their God or else they would perish