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Proof: RAF Fairford: Five arrests after major incident at base used by US

The record — the exact bytes that were hashed

{"first_seen":"2026-09-27T17:51:16Z","headline":"RAF Fairford: Five arrests after major incident at base used by US","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"channel4","url":"https://www.channel4.com/news/raf-fairford-five-arrests-after-major-incident-at-base-used-by-us","v":1}

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SHA-256

9067dbe0c416c96af286d8d2e224ddd22da865ae8780c054f6a7fd23cf8a12a5

OpenTimestamps

Confirmed in Bitcoin block 968896, mined 2026-09-27 21:31 UTC.

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Wayback Machine

• The record pageCaptured 2026-09-28 02:44 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-09-28 02:44 UTC — view the capture.

Check it yourself — none of this needs this site

1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-9067dbe0c416.json prints 9067dbe0c416c96af286d8d2e224ddd22da865ae8780c054f6a7fd23cf8a12a5. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-9067dbe0c416.json and headline-9067dbe0c416.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-9067dbe0c416.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, 3 h 25 min after it was first seen.