David Ige said in a statement Sunday that the false alert was "an unfortunate situation that has never happened before and will never happen again." At about 8:07 a.m. local time, Hawaii citizens received an emergency alert on their phone that read: “BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. THIS IS NOT A DRILL.”At 8:20 a.m. local time, Hawaii EMA tweeted that there was “NO missile threat” to the state. "The U.S. Pacific Command has detected a missile threat to Hawaii. Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, tweeted: "There is no missile threat.

Source: Fox News January 13, 2018 18:42 UTC