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GCN Circular 18063

Subject
Fermi GBM trigger 150725291 is not a GRB
Date
2015-07-25T11:16:20Z (9 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 459500385/150725291
at 06:59:41.57 UT on the 25th of July 2015, tentatively classified as a GRB,
 is in fact not due to a GRB. This trigger is due to local particles."
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