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GCN Circular 10958

Subject
Fermi GBM trigger 300794561 (100714419) is not a GRB
Date
2010-07-14T15:32:54Z (16 years ago)
From
Suzanne Foley at MPE <sfoley@mpe.mpg.de>
S. Foley (MPE), reports on behalf of
the Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor Team:

"The Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) trigger 300794561 (100714419)
 at 10:02:39.22 UT on 14 July 2010, tentatively classified as a GRB,
is in fact not due to a GRB. This trigger is due to a particle event
entering the South Atlantic Anomaly."
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