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Proof: Amelia Earhart expedition hopes for 'the discovery of a lifetime'

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{"first_seen":"2026-10-05T21:02:59Z","headline":"Amelia Earhart expedition hopes for 'the discovery of a lifetime'","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"usatoday","url":"https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/10/05/new-amelia-earhart-expedition-begins/92055309007/","v":1}

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SHA-256

12e9ab6852450c887d271bd428a0ab3e888960765bb5100c7e99a6b552a5bd16

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970083, mined 2026-10-05 21:21 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-05 21:10 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-05 20:36 UTC — view the capture.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-12e9ab685245.json prints 12e9ab6852450c887d271bd428a0ab3e888960765bb5100c7e99a6b552a5bd16. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-12e9ab685245.json and headline-12e9ab685245.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-12e9ab685245.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, 4 min after it was first seen.