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GCN Circular 18305

Subject
Fermi GBM trigger 463890496/150914103 is not a GRB
Date
2015-09-14T03:30:22Z (10 years ago)
From
Matthew Stanbro at UAH/Fermi <mcs0001@uah.edu>
M. Stanbro reports on behalf of the Fermi GBM Team:

"The Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) trigger 463890496/150914103
at 02:28:12.27 UT on 14 September 2015, tentatively classified as a
GRB, is in fact not due to a GRB. This trigger is believed to be
accidental due to South Atlantic Anomaly (SAA) entry."
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