# Lorimer 2007: A Bright Millisecond Radio Burst of Extragalactic Origin

> D. R. Lorimer, M. Bailes, M. A. McLaughlin et al., 2007. 8 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The discovery of the phenomenon (the "Lorimer burst").

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# A Bright Millisecond Radio Burst of Extragalactic Origin

D. R. Lorimer, M. Bailes, M. A. McLaughlin et al., 2007. _Science 318(5851), 777–780_.

The first fast radio burst, found in archival Parkes pulsar-survey data: a 30 Jy dispersed burst shorter than 5 ms, three degrees from the Small Magellanic Cloud, with a dispersion implying a distance under 1 Gpc. No further bursts in 90 hours of follow-up; the authors suggest a singular event and predict hundreds a day.

**Fast radio bursts and the origin of the one-off bursts** ArticleCopy of **[The Lorimer burst (FRB 20010724A) in the Parkes multibeam survey data](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/fast-radio-bursts/artifacts/ART0CVCMR34678F/the-lorimer-burst-frb-20010724a-in-the-parkes-multibeam)** doi: **[10.1126/science.1147532](https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1147532)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

The discovery of the phenomenon (the "Lorimer burst").

## Cited by on this site 8 records

[Truly single events that destroy or transform their source, such as compact-object mergers or collapses.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/fast-radio-bursts/answers/ANS0CVCMET8031G/truly-single-events-that-destroy-or-transform-their-source)

Answer

ANS

[The Lorimer burst (FRB 20010724A) in the Parkes multibeam survey data](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/fast-radio-bursts/artifacts/ART0CVCMR34678F/the-lorimer-burst-frb-20010724a-in-the-parkes-multibeam)

ART

[The Lorimer burst (FRB 20010724A) in the Parkes multibeam survey data: document](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/fast-radio-bursts/copies/CPY0CVCMRJR71J5/the-lorimer-burst-frb-20010724a-in-the-parkes-multibeam)

CPY

[The Lorimer burst (FRB 20010724A) in the Parkes multibeam survey data: document](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/fast-radio-bursts/copies/CPY0CVCMRAY0SZJ/the-lorimer-burst-frb-20010724a-in-the-parkes-multibeam)

CPY

[The first burst did not repeat in 90 hours, and its discoverers proposed a singular event such as a supernova…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/fast-radio-bursts/evidence/EVD0CVCMF2208XM/the-first-burst-did-not-repeat-in-90-hours-and-its)

Evidence

EVD

[Lorimer and colleagues report the first fast radio burst](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/fast-radio-bursts/events/EVT0CVCM8F44BPP/lorimer-and-colleagues-report-the-first-fast-radio-burst)

EVT

[Duncan R. Lorimer](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/fast-radio-bursts/people/FIG0CVCM7QP7MAP/duncan-r-lorimer)

FIG

[Fast radio bursts and the origin of the one-off bursts](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/fast-radio-bursts)

The mystery article

MYS

## Cite it

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Lorimer, D. R., Bailes, M., McLaughlin, M. A., Narkevic, D. J., & Crawford, F. (2007). A Bright Millisecond Radio Burst of Extragalactic Origin. Science 318(5851), 777–780. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1147532
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[Read it free at doi.org](https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1147532)

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