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GCN Circular 18722

Subject
Fermi GBM trigger 472694170/151224997 is not a GRB
Date
2015-12-25T00:56:42Z (10 years ago)
From
Matthew Stanbro at UAH/Fermi <mcs0001@uah.edu>
Matthew Stanbro (UAH) reports on behalf of the Fermi GBM Team:

"The Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) trigger 472694170/151224997
at 23:56:06.54 UT on 24 December 2015, tentatively classified as a GRB,
is in fact not due to a GRB.

This trigger is due to particle activity."
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