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GCN Circular 17482

Subject
Fermi GBM trigger 150220229 is not a GRB
Date
2015-02-20T10:12:43Z (10 years ago)
From
Oliver Roberts at UCD/Fermi <oliver.roberts@ucd.ie>
O.J. Roberts (UCD) reports on behalf of the Fermi GBM Team:

"The Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) trigger 446102993/150220229
at 05:29:50.59 UT on the 20th of February 2014, tentatively classified
as a GRB, is in fact not due to a GRB. This trigger is due to local
particles."
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