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Proof: Italy’s Ustica enigma: Can French files solve mystery crash blamed on stray missile?

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{"first_seen":"2026-10-03T23:11:48Z","headline":"Italy’s Ustica enigma: Can French files solve mystery crash blamed on stray missile?","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"france24","url":"https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20261003-italy-ustica-enigma-can-french-files-solve-mystery-crash-blamed-on-stray-missile-gaddafi","v":1}

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9f9f974657ddccae1f71e9f962ca309da79d940c8bbc77ae7eebd32b3aeb3332

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 969777, mined 2026-10-03 23:34 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-03 23:12 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-03 23:13 UTC — view the capture.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-9f9f974657dd.json prints 9f9f974657ddccae1f71e9f962ca309da79d940c8bbc77ae7eebd32b3aeb3332. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-9f9f974657dd.json and headline-9f9f974657dd.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-9f9f974657dd.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.

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