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Developer Builds Compact Drone That Flies With One Propeller

How this story moved: how many newsrooms carried it at each run, when each one picked it up, how our summary's headline changed, and which figures and names held from the first reports to the latest. Everything here is counted from the coverage; none of it is a judgement of anyone's motives.

OUTLETS CARRYING THE STORY, RUN BY RUN

0 20 41 30 Sep 1 Oct 2 Oct 3 Oct 4 Oct 5 Oct 6 Oct 7 Oct 8 Oct 9 Oct 10 Oct 11 Oct 12 Oct 13 Oct 14 Oct 15 Oct 16 Oct 17 Oct 18 Oct 19 Oct 20 Oct 21 Oct 22 Oct 23 Oct 24 Oct 25 Oct 26 Oct 27 Oct 18 Oct 06:21 UTC · Romanian F-16s shoot down two unidentified drones over Black Sea 18 Oct 19:13 UTC · Suspected Drone Explodes Over Lithuania, Prompting Alerts and NATO Response 19 Oct 06:50 UTC · Developer Builds Compact Drone That Flies With One Propeller

HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 3 HEADLINES

  1. 18 Oct, 06:21 UTC

    Romanian F-16s shoot down two unidentified drones over Black Sea

  2. 18 Oct, 19:13 UTC

    Suspected Drone Explodes Over Lithuania, Prompting Alerts and NATO Response

  3. 19 Oct, 06:50 UTC

    Developer Builds Compact Drone That Flies With One Propeller

WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

From the first reports to the latest

  • Volodymyr Zelensky · 3 outlets
  • But Russia · 2 outlets

Entered the story later

  • Serhii Beskrestnov · from 14 Oct 06:53, 2 outlets
  • Russian Geran · from 25 Oct 14:49, 2 outlets

Figures reported with different numbers

  • kilometers hour: 160 (1 from 14 Oct 06:53) → 700 (1 from 25 Oct 03:34) → 600 (1 from 26 Oct 07:28) → 320 (1 from 26 Oct 07:28)

Matched by pattern, not read: a different number can be a correction, a rising count, or two different counts.