Hawaii Sen. Brian Schatz says the false alarm about a missile threat was based on “human error” and was “totally inexcusable.” Caleb Jones AP
The message that came through cellphones said it was not a drill.
Scores of confused residents tweeted screenshots of the warnings after receiving them shortly after 8am local time.
Hawaii U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz tweeted the false alarm was "totally inexcusable".
"To all that just received the warning along with me this morning. apparently it was a "mistake" - hell of a mistake!"
Jodi Luchs, an ophthalmologist from Merrick, N.Y. visiting Hawaii for a conference, told CNBC that he was settling in for breakfast on an otherwise flawless day, when hundreds of diners received the false alarm simultaneously.
We're glad that everyone is safe! State of Hawaii will send out a correction message as soon possible. She said if there was a threat the United States would notify the government through normal security channels.
About 15 minutes after the alert was sent out, authorities from the U.S. Pacific Command in Hawaii sent out a statement confirming that there was no missile threat.
Governor of Hawaii David Ige said human error was the cause.
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Residents in the state received emergency alerts on their mobile phones advising them to "seek immediate shelter" from an inbound ballistic missile.
Hawaii's emergency management system does not have this capability on its own and would rely on the military's verification and analysis of the threat, he said.
"Please lord let this bomb threat not be real", tweeted Peterson, who was tied for second place halfway through the tournament. "There needs to be tough and quick accountability and a fixed process".
White House spokesperson Lindsay Walters referred all questions about the alert to the Department of Defense.
After the alert was declared an error, many decried the fact that such an incredible error was allowed to happen.
"Measures must be taken to avoid further incidents that caused wholesale alarm and chaos today", House Speaker Scott Saiki said in a statement.
Roughly a half hour later, another emergency notification was sent out, this time saying the first was a false alarm. Part of that education campaign was a monthly test of the Cold War-era attack warning siren.
The incident happened amid high global tensions over North Korea's development of a ballistic nuclear weapon.
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