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GCN Circular 22905

Subject
Fermi GBM triggers 552488966/180705548 and 552490104/180705561 are not GRBs
Date
2018-07-05T18:35:28Z (6 years ago)
From
Bagrat Mailyan at UAH <bm0054@uah.edu>
B. Mailyan (UAH), A. Goldstein (USRA) and W. S. Paciesas (USRA)
report on behalf of the Fermi GBM Team:

"The Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) triggers 552488966/180705548 at
13:09:21.28 UT
and 552490104/180705561 at 13:28:19.11 UT on 5 July 2018, tentatively
classified as GRBs,
are in fact not due to GRBs. These triggers are due to SGR-like bursts."
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