But the show was not over…. After I saw this one cylinder pass over, I saw what looked at first like the first object I saw. But this time it was apparent to me that this one, and the first one, were actually TWO of these cylinders in very close formation. They could have even been touching. But they were not "in line" with each other; they were offset a bit -- enough that they did not look like one longer cylinder.

I saw some additional ones, some cylinders by themselves, and some seemingly connected in this odd fashion. There would be 2 to 5 seconds between each one or set passing over. We suddenly found ourselves at the top of the escalator which was going down; there was nowhere else to go, so we went down the escalator. I could kick myself for not going back up on the other escalator (which no one was using). What can I say -- I went along with the herd.

New Year's Day she and I met a bunch of friends at IHOP, and I told about the sighting. As you would expect, there was some humor, but I was not ridiculed. That night we drove through the Festival of Lights at Bull Run Regional Park. It was nice, but after the night before, not so exciting.

Sometime later, I thought there must be something on the internet for reporting UFOs. I was right; I don't recall what sites I made reports on. I also remember being surprised that there were no other reports; thousands of people were around - there had to be reports. I continued to go back occasionally and still saw no reports. Not only that, both of mine were gone. I called someone at the Washington Post to tell about it; they weren't interested and said they had no calls about it. Yeah, sure, right. Well, that was eye-opening.

After moving to Colorado in 2005, I decided to re-post re-ports again, and discovered MUFON. And in November 2007, I finally found another witness!

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