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GCN Circular 8714

Subject
Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor trigger 251687595 reclassification
Date
2008-12-23T16:19:39Z (16 years ago)
From
Vandiver Chaplin at UAH/Fermi-GBM <chapliv@email.uah.edu>
V.Chaplin (UAH)
report on behalf of the Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor Team:


The Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) trigger 251687595 (081223051) at
01:13:22 UT on 23 Dec 2008, tentatively classified as a GRB, is in
fact not due to a GRB. This trigger is due to a Terrestrial Gamma-ray  
Flash
(TGF).
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