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GCN Circular 9791

Subject
Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor trigger 271446248 is not a GRB
Date
2009-08-13T16:39:11Z (15 years ago)
From
Vandiver Chaplin at UAH/Fermi-GBM <chapliv@email.uah.edu>
V. Chaplin (UAH) reports on behalf of the Fermi GBM Team:

"The Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) trigger 271446248 (trigcat  
090808739) at
17:44:09.60  UT on 8 August 2009, 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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