TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 9739 SUBJECT: Swift trigger 358760 is probably a noise event DATE: 09/07/31 12:59:40 GMT FROM: Scott Barthelmy at NASA/GSFC B. Sbarufatti (INAF-IASFPA), S. D. Barthelmy (GSFC), P. A. Evans (U Leicester), N. Gehrels (NASA/GSFC), C. Guidorzi (U Ferrara), S. T. Holland (CRESST/USRA/GSFC), E. A. Hoversten (PSU), J. A. Kennea (PSU), V. Mangano (INAF-IASFPA), C. B. Markwardt (CRESST/GSFC/UMD), F. E. Marshall (NASA/GSFC), K. L. Page (U Leicester), P. Romano (INAF-IASFPA), T. Sakamoto (NASA/UMBC), M. A. Stark (PSU), R. L. C. Starling (U Leicester) and T. N. Ukwatta (GSFC/GWU) report on behalf of the Swift Team: At 12:46:30 UT, the Swift Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) triggered (trigger=358760) on a probable noise event. Swift slewed immediately to the location. The BAT on-board calculated location is RA, Dec 189.691, -15.409, which is RA(J2000) = 12h 38m 46s Dec(J2000) = -15d 24' 31" with an uncertainty of 4 arcmin (radius, 90% containment, including systematic uncertainty). The BAT light curve shows nothing significant. The XRT began observing the field at 12:47:35.3 UT, 64.4 seconds after the BAT trigger. No source was detected in the promptly available XRT data. We are waiting for the full dataset to detect and localise the XRT counterpart. UVOT took a finding chart exposure of 150 seconds with the White filter starting 67 seconds after the BAT trigger. No credible afterglow candidate has been found in the initial data products. Data from the 2.7'x2.7' sub-image are not available at this time. The 8'x8' region for the list of sources generated on-board covers 100% of the BAT error circle. The list of sources is typically complete to about 18 mag. No correction has been made for the expected extinction corresponding to E(B-V) of 0.05. We will need to wait for the full data set (in a few hours) to be able to make a final determination on the identity of this trigger.