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Proof: Debris from vanished Boston-bound plane found by Coast Guard amid massive search off Nantucket

The record — the exact bytes that were hashed

{"first_seen":"2026-10-04T01:41:13Z","headline":"Debris from vanished Boston-bound plane found by Coast Guard amid massive search off Nantucket","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"nypost","url":"https://nypost.com/2026/10/03/world-news/debris-from-vanished-boston-bound-plane-found-by-coast-guard-amid-massive-search-off-nantucket/","v":1}

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SHA-256

89a4eaadd02ced7b38a982e18522106a984a4641bbbc8b630995ccfdc5986945

OpenTimestamps

Confirmed in Bitcoin block 969787, mined 2026-10-04 02:17 UTC.

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Wayback Machine

• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-04 01:42 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-04 01:44 UTC — view the capture.

Check it yourself — none of this needs this site

1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-89a4eaadd02c.json prints 89a4eaadd02ced7b38a982e18522106a984a4641bbbc8b630995ccfdc5986945. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-89a4eaadd02c.json and headline-89a4eaadd02c.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-89a4eaadd02c.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.