Although GRB 980326 did not provide enough information to definitively rule out this explanation, Reichart showed that the light curve of GRB 970228 could only have been caused by a supernova.
Hoci GRB 980326 neposkytla dostatok informácií na definitívne vylúčenie tohto vysvetlenia, Reichart ukázal, že krivka svetla GRB 970228 mohla byť spôsobená iba supernovou.