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Proof: What we know about Nigerian military aircraft that fatally crashed Monday

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2a3a041e81b8e4298cc0d9ebe5c8a40a9eec05db3f41f33cc5c9405f158f795b

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970080, mined 2026-10-05 21:03 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-05 20:44 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-05 20:43 UTC — view the capture.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-2a3a041e81b8.json prints 2a3a041e81b8e4298cc0d9ebe5c8a40a9eec05db3f41f33cc5c9405f158f795b. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-2a3a041e81b8.json and headline-2a3a041e81b8.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-2a3a041e81b8.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.