Has this ever happened to you?

Every once in a while, I’ll come upon a news article that I could swear I’ve read before. It could be a news event or the launch of new technology, but essentially, here’s what happens:

- I see the headline
– I remember reading about it before
– Event seems eerily similar
– I read the article and recognize all the details
– I then realize the article/event is brand new
– I search for the topic at hand because I’m certain it can’t be the first time it was published
– I then come up completely stumped because now is the first time the event has happened.

When I say I know I’ve read it before, I remember what the web page looks like and everything. It’s more than that dizzy sense of deja-vu, it doesn’t wash over me, and as I said, I completely remember having read about it before. It’s so freaking weird and it’s happened to me multiple times. Has this ever happened to you? I know people will say it’s just deja-vu and maybe it is, but what do you think?