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GCN Circular 9348

Subject
Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor trigger 263649437 is not a GRB
Date
2009-05-11T16:02:58Z (16 years ago)
From
Arne Rau at MPE <arau@mpe.mpg.de>
Arne Rau (MPE) and Michael Briggs (UAH), report on behalf of
the Fermi GBM Team:

�The Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) trigger 263649437 at 
11:57:15.99 UT
on 10 May 2009, tentatively classified as a GRB, is in fact not due
to a GRB. This trigger is due to a terrestrial gamma-ray flash."
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