TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 25301 SUBJECT: SUBJECT: LIGO/Virgo S190808ae: Retraction of GW compact binary merger candidate DATE: 19/08/09 04:03:29 GMT FROM: Deep Chatterjee at University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee The LIGO Scientific Collaboration and the Virgo Collaboration report: The trigger S190808ae (GCN Circular 25296) is no longer considered to be a gravitational wave signal. Further analysis after removing instrumental artifacts resulted in the candidate no longer passing our threshold for a public alert.