  A recent paper [2109.02650] accumulates evidence for a new fundamental
particle by combining several CMS and ATLAS searches for the Standard Model
Higgs boson. The putative particle is a neutral scalar, $S$, with a mass of
about 151 GeV. The reported significances are $5.1\sigma$ local and $4.8\sigma$
global. This nearly reaches the $5\sigma$ threshold for a discovery in
high-energy physics. In this brief note we cast doubt on the strength of the
evidence for a new particle. After taking into account the fact that signals
were fitted to six different channels, we find that the significances are only
$4.1\sigma$ local and $3.5\sigma$ global. The code and instructions for
reproducing our calculations are available at
https://github.com/andrewfowlie/accumulating_evidence.
