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Proof: Terrorism probe ‘investigates Iran link’ to suspected bomb plot near UK base used by US Air Force

The record — the exact bytes that were hashed

{"first_seen":"2026-09-27T21:00:22Z","headline":"Terrorism probe ‘investigates Iran link’ to suspected bomb plot near UK base used by US Air Force","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"independent","url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/raf-fairford-bomb-squad-major-incident-b3057051.html","v":1}

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SHA-256

acc1c0df9824e1b9122344bcce7bf5982f6d08f445c92bc1467e1506a3086811

OpenTimestamps

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

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-09-27 21:47 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-09-28 00:57 UTC — view the capture.

Check it yourself — none of this needs this site

1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-acc1c0df9824.json prints acc1c0df9824e1b9122344bcce7bf5982f6d08f445c92bc1467e1506a3086811. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-acc1c0df9824.json and headline-acc1c0df9824.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-acc1c0df9824.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, 17 min after it was first seen.