Fireball lights up western Washington skies
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"Fireball lights up western Washington skies" is generating significant coverage in the Science category, with 4 articles from 4 distinct sources tracked by PULSE so far.
Outlets currently covering the story include NBC 5 Chicago, ABC7 Chicago, KIRO 7 News Seattle and king5.com. PULSE measures a story's velocity from how quickly new articles appear and how many independent newsrooms join the coverage.
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Generated by PULSE's extractive engine from coverage metadata only — no AI-written claims. Updated 91d ago.
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Coverage (4)
- Possible meteor lights up sky over Chicago suburbs NBC 5 Chicago · 92d ago
- Possible Montgomery, Illinois meteor explosion reported; American Meteor Society to make determination ABC7 Chicago · 92d ago
- Did you see it? Fireball lights up the sky over WA KIRO 7 News Seattle · 92d ago
- Fireball lights up western Washington skies king5.com · 92d ago
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