{"id":59316,"title":"Sphere sighting in Blacksburg, VA (1996)","phenomenonType":"uap_sighting","summary":"Two witnesses, no more than 40 feet from bright white sphere 3 1/2 - 4 feet in diameter blocking our way on rd.","eventDate":"1996-08-30","reportedDate":"2012-09-24","city":"Blacksburg","region":"VA","country":"United States","latitude":37.24419848484849,"longitude":-80.42296060606061,"status":"reported","sourceName":"NUFORC sightings (timothyrenner mirror)","sourceUrl":"http://www.nuforc.org/webreports/reports/092/S92870.html","shape":"sphere","durationText":"1 1/2 Minutes","witnessCount":null}