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Proof: The US’ mixed messages over why they pulled bombers from RAF Fairford

The record — the exact bytes that were hashed

{"first_seen":"2026-10-05T19:21:48Z","headline":"The US’ mixed messages over why they pulled bombers from RAF Fairford","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"channel4","url":"https://www.channel4.com/news/the-us-mixed-messages-over-why-they-pulled-bombers-from-raf-fairford","v":1}

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SHA-256

39fff4f81c9865410b9158c676dd696bfaa234ee270886033d6b6afdfe7a36ed

OpenTimestamps

Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970069, mined 2026-10-05 19:34 UTC.

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Wayback Machine

• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-05 19:38 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-05 19:22 UTC — view the capture.

Check it yourself — none of this needs this site

1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-39fff4f81c98.json prints 39fff4f81c9865410b9158c676dd696bfaa234ee270886033d6b6afdfe7a36ed. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-39fff4f81c98.json and headline-39fff4f81c98.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-39fff4f81c98.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.