[AAVSO-HEN] Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor trigger 271833016 is not a GRB

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TITLE:   GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER:  9789
SUBJECT: Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor trigger 271833016 is not a GRB
DATE:    09/08/13 14:55:14 GMT
FROM:    Andreas von Kienlin at MPE  <azk at mpe.mpg.de>

A. von Kienlin (MPE) reports on behalf of the Fermi GBM Team: 

"The Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) trigger 271833016 at 
05:10:14.79  UT on 13 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)."