Return to Foggy BottomPart Two of a Two-Part Article
by David Wisbey 
Newsletter Editor, Colorado MUFON News
 The Mall in Washington, D.C.
"On New Years Eve 1999/2000, my wife and I went down to the mall in Washington, DC. There was a huge celebration planned for that night, featuring many big stars. The climax was fireworks at midnight to usher in the new millennium. We arrived at the mall area by Metro at 10:30 pm and began walking around, taking in some of the sights and searching for a good spot to stay where we could see the fireworks. We did manage to catch some of Celine Dion's act, but getting near the stage was hopeless. The mood was happy, plenty of drinking/partying going on and only one instance of "violence" occurred that we noticed. My wife and I walked on and finally decided to stop near a bridge to watch the fireworks… enough of my reminiscing--on to the events that undoubtedly changed me forever. After the last falling embers died away, my wife and I began to walk to the Metro to start our dreaded journey home, as we knew there would be mobs of people joining us. As we approached the Metro escalator ( I believe it was the Foggy Bottom station) we saw a group of officers blocking the entrance, stating we all had to wait as the train operators had been given permission to go watch the fireworks and were currently en route back to the trains. I later found out that there were over 1 million people that attended the celebration on the mall that night--I cannot put into words how many people that is when you are right in the middle of such a huge mass of humans. We waited; people huddled together for warmth, which surprised me--people were very happy and helping each other--I am cynical, skeptical, and sometimes my faith in humanity is jaded. So it shocked me and actually gave a sliver of hope that one day it could be possible for mankind to be able to call one another brother.
 The Metro in Washington, D.C.
"As everyone talked while waiting to get into the Metro, a young, drunk man climbed a tree nearby and was singing and generally making people laugh. Suddenly the branch he was standing on broke; he fell to the ground. He was helped back up and he cheered and the entire crowed laughed even more. That's when I saw it. I thought it was a blimp. I noticed people pointing, a few at 1st, then more and more, and a hush fell over the crowd. Only silence and quiet mumbling was now heard. I looked back at the "blimp" I'd seen in the distance. More people were pointing and now a few people shouted like the game of "telephone" as the message was carried thru the crowd "Look at that! What is that!?" I noticed 2 more "blimps" identical to the first. All 3 were cylindrical in shape and had several lights. One shone a very bright "spotlight" down on the ground. I could not see what it was shining on--they were some distance from us-- 300 yards? These were traveling slowly across the sky and they were quite large--it was a bit exciting--I was not thinking about measuring, etc. I was in a speechless state. Then I saw someone pointing up and screaming "Look up there!" I saw about 20 triangular craft flying like a group of gnats--they were very quick and nimble. Each had 3 lights, one in the middle and one on each tip. They began to fly in different patterns. People began to say things, like, "They're seagulls not UFOs"; I was thinking they were stunt kites. My wife asked what I thought; I told her they were stunt kites like I had seen at the beach. Suddenly they began flying in a tight circle very fast and then shot out at incredible speed and disappeared. About 2 seconds later they were back in the circle facing each other and stopped, then formed 2 groups, each group in a line--they formed the line two at a time, one from each group until they were all in a straight line facing ea. other, then they zigzagged across each other.
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