{"id":13946,"title":"Light sighting in Abingdon, VA (1997)","phenomenonType":"uap_sighting","summary":"Bristol Herald Courier run on Thursday (10-16-97) the following day \u0022Unusual lights in sky over Mountain Empire generate speculation\u0022. ","eventDate":"1997-10-15","reportedDate":"2001-08-05","city":"Abingdon","region":"VA","country":"United States","latitude":36.6844967032967,"longitude":-81.98372747252748,"status":"reported","sourceName":"NUFORC sightings (timothyrenner mirror)","sourceUrl":"http://www.nuforc.org/webreports/reports/002/S02940.html","shape":"light","durationText":"~10 minutes","witnessCount":null}