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Proof: 'Quantity of petrol' but no explosives found in three vehicles near UK military base

The record — the exact bytes that were hashed

{"first_seen":"2026-09-29T19:21:38Z","headline":"'Quantity of petrol' but no explosives found in three vehicles near UK military base","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"bbc","url":"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqn8m342rgk9o","v":1}

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SHA-256

33cd8bdc3fb2237b7aa7c9ce0541c2930d88183f71bc60a175b2cd751d343d74

OpenTimestamps

Submitted to the OpenTimestamps calendars 2026-09-29 19:22 UTC; waiting for a Bitcoin block (usually a few hours).

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Wayback Machine

• The record pageCaptured 2026-09-29 19:33 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-09-29 19:34 UTC — view the capture.

Check it yourself — none of this needs this site

1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-33cd8bdc3fb2.json prints 33cd8bdc3fb2237b7aa7c9ce0541c2930d88183f71bc60a175b2cd751d343d74. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-33cd8bdc3fb2.json and headline-33cd8bdc3fb2.json.ots onto opentimestamps.org, which checks the receipt against the Bitcoin block chain. Or, with the OpenTimestamps client and a Bitcoin node: ots verify headline-33cd8bdc3fb2.json.ots (ots upgrade first while the receipt is pending).
3. Open the Wayback Machine's captures above: the capture of the record page shows this hash as it stood then, and the capture of the story page shows the newsroom's own page.

Sealed automatically, 1 min after it was first seen.