Shortly after 8 a.m. local time Saturday, scores of Hawaii residents received an emergency cellphone alert with an alarming message: “BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. THIS IS NOT A DRILL.”The message, reportedly sent by the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency in error, would turn out to be a false alarm, officials said. — Hawaii EMA (@Hawaii_EMA) January 13, 2018At 8:20 a.m., the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency tweeted that there was ‘NO missile threat’ to the state. “There is no missile threat or danger to the State of Hawaii,” the follow-up alert read, according to images of the message. Shortly after the false alarm, FCC chairman Ajit Pai said the commission was launching an investigation into what happened.

Source: Washington Post January 13, 2018 18:33 UTC