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GCN Circular 19068

Subject
Fermi GBM trigger 477460274/160218161 is not a GRB
Date
2016-02-24T08:41:53Z (9 years ago)
From
Hoi-Fung Yu at MPE <sptfung@mpe.mpg.de>
H.-F. Yu (MPE) reports on behalf of the Fermi GBM Team:

"The Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) trigger 477460274/160218161
at 03:51:10.08 UT on 18 February 2016, tentatively classified as a GRB,
is in fact not due to a GRB.

This trigger is due to particle activity."
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