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Statewide ballistic missile alert reached campus in error; corrected 38 minutes later

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At 8:07 AM HST on January 13, 2018, a Wireless Emergency Alert reading 'BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL.' reached every cell phone in the state. At UH Mānoa, students ran toward marked fallout shelters on campus, only to find them locked. The correction came 38 minutes later. The university later issued formal guidelines to address the gap.

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University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
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Documented Timeline

Alert Sequence

4 messages in sequence · 4 verified verbatim

INITIAL ALERTWEA/IPAWS
Verified verbatimRe-verified via case sources on en.wikipedia.org88 chars
BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL.
Pushed via Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) and Emergency Alert System (EAS) at 8:07 AM HST on January 13, 2018, by the Hawaiʻi Emergency Management Agency
Three terse sentences in ALL CAPS (the maximum-emphasis WEA format) reached every cell phone in Hawaii including the entire UH Mānoa campus
'THIS IS NOT A DRILL' was the operator's misreading of a drill script that began with that exact phrase as part of the test recording, the language was meant to be heard inside the EOC, not pushed statewide
Triggered by a single employee selecting 'missile alert' rather than 'test missile alert' from a drop-down menu, the FCC found there was no procedure to prevent a single person from sending a real missile alert
State-issued message: this WEA was sent by the Hawaiʻi Emergency Management Agency, a state agency, not by the University of Hawaiʻi. It is documented here as the statewide alert that reached the campus, not as a UH-authored campus alert, so isVerbatimConfirmed is set to false per the alert-ness rule (a state message is not a campus alert)
UPDATETwitter/X+13 min
Verified verbatim@Hawaii_EMA on X (verbatim all-clear after false missile alert)28 chars
NO missile threat to Hawaii.
Verified complete alert text on https://x.com/Hawaii_EMA/status/952243912415985664; archiveUrl null (X status). characterCount=28.
HI-EMA's Twitter account posted this 13 minutes after the false WEA, but the official EAS/WEA correction would not come for another 25 minutes
Reaching only social-media-active users, this post left the vast majority of Hawaii residents (and UH Mānoa students seeking shelter) without authoritative correction
Demonstrates the social-media-first information asymmetry that characterized the gap: Twitter users knew it was false 25 minutes before WEA recipients did
State-issued message: posted by HI-EMA's official account, not by the University of Hawaiʻi, so isVerbatimConfirmed is set to false; it is recorded here as a state correction that reached campus, not a UH campus alert
CORRECTIONWEA/IPAWS+38 min
Verified verbatimRe-verified via case sources on en.wikipedia.org81 chars
There is no missile threat or danger to the State of Hawaii. Repeat. False Alarm.
Pushed via WEA at 8:45 AM HST on January 13, 2018, 38 minutes after the original false alert reached cell phones
The 38-minute delay was the central failure analyzed by the FCC: HI-EMA had no preauthorized retraction template for the WEA system
The CDC's MMWR study found that during these 38 minutes, social-media analysis showed acute fear, panic, prayer, and confusion across Hawaii, including students at UH Mānoa running to locked fallout shelters
The verbatim phrasing emphasizes 'Repeat. False Alarm.', a deliberate echo of the original alert's 'THIS IS NOT A DRILL' formatting
State-issued message: this WEA correction was sent by HI-EMA, not by the University of Hawaiʻi, so isVerbatimConfirmed is set to false per the alert-ness rule; it is recorded here as the statewide correction that reached campus, not a UH campus alert
FOLLOW-UPEmail
Verified verbatimUH News: Guidelines after false missile alert (Jan 23, 2018)2447 chars
It is clear from the response to the ballistic missile false alarm on Saturday, January 13, that there was confusion by some regarding where to go and what to do upon and after an alert. Although experts all agree that the chances of an actual nuclear missile attack on Hawaiʻi are extremely remote, it is important that everyone understand how to prepare and how to react. As University of Hawaiʻi President David Lassner stated in his January 16 message to the entire UH community, university emergency personnel across our campuses are actively updating and developing plans and instructions to be provided in advance and during an event that will include the best locations for initial places of safety on each campus. The process had already begun in the fall semester shortly after the new threat emerged for the entire state. Here is information that can be utilized no matter where you are in the event of an unlikely nuclear missile attack and resulting radiation emergency. Immediate action is necessary due to the short warning period, an estimated 12 to 15 minutes. Federal and state emergency agencies advise the following: A nuclear missile attack is also a radiation emergency, and radioactive material can settle on clothing and the body, like dust or mud. If exposed, the recommended guidance for after the blast from federal authorities is to carefully remove the outer layer of clothing before entering a building. Once inside, wash the parts of your body that were uncovered when you were outside and put on clean clothing. This will help limit radiation exposure and keep radioactive material from spreading. This is the best advice available from experts at this time considering the nature of this type of event and limited amount of warning time. It is important to remember that a nuclear missile attack in Hawaiʻi is extremely unlikely. But everyone still needs to be aware, informed and prepared. UH encourages students, faculty and staff to stay informed through government agencies and news outlets, and to sign up for government alerts including UH Alert. previous post: UH president addresses false alarm, overthrow anniversary and MLK Jr. daynext post: New tools improve lab safety at UH Mānoa Watch the latest news of the University of Hawaiʻi View News Videos 2444 Dole Street Honolulu, HI 96822 Have a story idea or a question?Contact news@hawaii.edu
Issued ten days after the false alert, addressing the gap revealed when students ran to fallout shelters that were locked or did not exist
Marked the first time the UH System issued explicit ballistic-missile shelter guidance; shelters marked on campus had been found locked or unmaintained during the January 13 alert
The document was prepared in coordination with the Hawaiʻi Emergency Management Agency, whose own director and executive officer would resign within weeks
Supervisor rule-0 audit (2026-07-18): demoted from isVerbatimConfirmed:true -- the captured text is a scraped UH News webpage rather than a transmitted campus alert, running past its guidance content into unedited blog navigation ("previous post:/next post:"), a news-video widget, an address block, and a press-inquiry footer ("Contact news@hawaii.edu") that could never have appeared in an actual sent email.
Message elements

How the first alert is built

To check this alert, Claude (an AI) read it in full 25 separate times, independently. Each read decided whether the message answers each of the six questions and gave a short reason. A final reviewer then weighed all 25 and wrote the plain-English verdict you see when you open a row. The score (for example 22/25) is how many reads agreed; the 25 individual reads are tucked underneath if you want to check them.

BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL.

  • Sourceabsent0/25

    Final assessment

    All 25 reads agree the source is absent; no sender tag or named authority appears.

    Who is sending the alert and who is responding. People act faster on a message from a clearly identifiable, credible sender, such as a named department, the police, or a branded alert system, than on an anonymous notice. A branded signature counts.

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    1. absent: No sender tag or named authority appears in the text.
    2. absent: No branded signature, sender, or named authority appears in the text.
    3. absent: No sender tag, branded signature, or named authority appears in the text.
    4. absent: No sender, branded signature, or responding authority is identified in the missile alert text.
    5. absent: No sender, branded signature, or issuing authority is identified in the text.
    6. absent: No sender, branded signature, or agency is identified in the text.
    7. absent: No sender tag, agency, or authority is named in this missile-alert text.
    8. absent: No sender, agency, or signature appears in this missile-alert text.
    9. absent: No sender, branded signature, or named authority appears in the text.
    10. absent: No sender, signature, or authority is named in this missile alert text.
    11. absent: No sender, branded signature, or named authority appears in the text.
    12. absent: No sender, agency, or branded signature appears in the text.
    13. absent: No sender, signature, or issuing authority is identified in the text.
    14. absent: No sender tag, agency, or authority identifies who issued this alert.
    15. absent: No sender, signature, or named authority appears in this message.
    16. absent: No sender, authority, or branded signature is identified in this text.
    17. absent: No sender, branded tag, or named agency appears in the text.
    18. absent: No sender, agency, or branded tag is identified in the text.
    19. absent: No sender, branded tag, or authority is named in the text.
    20. absent: No sender, agency, or branded signature is identified in the text.
    21. absent: No sender, branded signature, or named authority identifies who issued this missile alert.
    22. absent: No sender, branded signature, or named authority is identified in the text.
    23. absent: No sender, branded signature, or named authority appears in the text.
    24. absent: No sender, agency, or branded signature is identified in the alert text.
    25. absent: No sender tag, agency, or institution names itself in the text.
  • Hazardpresent25/25

    Final assessment

    All 25 reads agree the hazard is present; it names a ballistic missile threat inbound.

    What the threat actually is. A complete warning names the specific danger, such as a shooter, a fire, a tornado, or a gas leak, rather than a vague emergency, because people decide what to do based on what they are facing.

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    1. present: It names "BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT", a specific hazard.
    2. present: It names "BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT", a specific hazard.
    3. present: It names a "BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT", a specific hazard.
    4. present: It names a specific threat: "BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND".
    5. present: It names "BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT", a specific threat.
    6. present: It names "BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND", a specific threat.
    7. present: It states "BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND", a specific threat.
    8. present: It names a "BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT", a specific hazard.
    9. present: It names "BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND", a specific threat.
    10. present: It names "BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND", a specific threat.
    11. present: It names "BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND", a specific threat.
    12. present: It names "BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT", a specific threat.
    13. present: It names a "BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT", a specific threat.
    14. present: It names a "BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND", a specific hazard.
    15. present: "BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT" names the specific hazard.
    16. present: It names "BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT", a specific threat.
    17. present: It names a "BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT", a specific threat.
    18. present: It names a "BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT", a specific threat.
    19. present: "BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND" names a specific threat.
    20. present: It names a "BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND", a specific threat.
    21. present: It names "BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND", a specific hazard.
    22. present: It names a "BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND", a specific threat.
    23. present: It names "BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT", a specific threat.
    24. present: It names "BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND", a specific hazard.
    25. present: It states "BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND", a specific threat.
  • Locationpresent25/25

    Final assessment

    All 25 reads agree the location is present; it names Hawaii.

    Where the threat is. Saying whether danger is in a specific building, a part of campus, or area-wide lets people judge their own proximity and choose a safe direction. Without a where, a warning is hard to act on precisely.

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    1. present: It cites "HAWAII", a place.
    2. present: It specifies "INBOUND TO HAWAII", a location.
    3. present: It names "HAWAII", a location.
    4. present: It specifies "TO HAWAII".
    5. present: It says the threat is "INBOUND TO HAWAII".
    6. present: It says "TO HAWAII", a location reference.
    7. present: It names "HAWAII" as the threatened location.
    8. present: It says "INBOUND TO HAWAII".
    9. present: It says the threat is "INBOUND TO HAWAII", a named place.
    10. present: It specifies "TO HAWAII", a named location.
    11. present: It says "TO HAWAII", a location.
    12. present: It says "INBOUND TO HAWAII", a named location.
    13. present: It says the threat is "INBOUND TO HAWAII".
    14. present: It names "HAWAII" as the location.
    15. present: "INBOUND TO HAWAII" specifies the location.
    16. present: It says "INBOUND TO HAWAII", a location.
    17. present: It names "HAWAII" as the location inbound.
    18. present: It says "INBOUND TO HAWAII", a location.
    19. present: It names "HAWAII" as the location.
    20. present: It specifies "HAWAII", a named place.
    21. present: It cites "HAWAII", a specific place.
    22. present: It cites "HAWAII", a location.
    23. present: It cites "HAWAII", a named place.
    24. present: It names "HAWAII" as the location threatened.
    25. present: It cites "HAWAII", a specific place.
  • Guidancepresent25/25

    Final assessment

    All 25 reads agree guidance is present; it tells recipients to seek immediate shelter.

    The protective action to take. A clear, specific instruction, such as shelter in place, evacuate, avoid the area, or run-hide-fight, drives faster and more correct protective behavior than describing the threat alone.

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    1. present: "SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER" instructs a protective action.
    2. present: It instructs "SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER", a protective action.
    3. present: It instructs "SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER", a protective action.
    4. present: It instructs recipients to "SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER".
    5. present: It instructs "SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER", a protective action.
    6. present: It instructs "SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER", a protective action.
    7. present: It instructs "SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER".
    8. present: "SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER" is a protective instruction.
    9. present: It instructs "SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER", a protective action.
    10. present: It instructs "SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER", a protective action.
    11. present: It instructs "SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER", a protective action.
    12. present: It instructs "SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER", a protective action.
    13. present: It instructs "SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER".
    14. present: It instructs "SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER".
    15. present: "SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER" is a protective instruction.
    16. present: It instructs "SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER", a protective action.
    17. present: It instructs "SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER".
    18. present: It instructs to "SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER".
    19. present: "SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER" is a protective action.
    20. present: It instructs "SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER", a protective action.
    21. present: It instructs "SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER", a protective action.
    22. present: It instructs recipients to "SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER", a protective action.
    23. present: It instructs "SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER", a protective action.
    24. present: It instructs "SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER", a protective action.
    25. present: "SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER" is a protective action instruction.
  • Timepresent25/25

    Final assessment

    All 25 reads agree time is present; immediate and inbound convey urgency and recency.

    When the message applies. A timestamp, the word now or immediately, or a phrase like until further notice tells the reader whether the danger is current and how quickly to act.

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    1. present: "IMMEDIATE" and "INBOUND" convey urgency and recency, a time cue.
    2. present: "IMMEDIATE" conveys urgency and recency.
    3. present: "INBOUND" and "IMMEDIATE" convey urgency and recency, time cues.
    4. present: The word "IMMEDIATE" conveys urgency/recency.
    5. present: The word "IMMEDIATE" conveys urgency and recency.
    6. present: It says "INBOUND" and "IMMEDIATE", recency cues.
    7. present: "INBOUND" and "IMMEDIATE" convey imminence and recency.
    8. present: "INBOUND" and "IMMEDIATE" convey immediacy.
    9. present: "IMMEDIATE" and "INBOUND" convey immediacy, a time cue.
    10. present: "INBOUND" and "IMMEDIATE" convey imminence/recency, a time cue.
    11. present: The word "IMMEDIATE" conveys urgency/recency.
    12. present: The word "INBOUND" and "IMMEDIATE" convey imminence.
    13. present: The word "IMMEDIATE" conveys urgency and recency.
    14. present: "INBOUND" and "IMMEDIATE" convey imminent recency.
    15. present: "IMMEDIATE" conveys urgency/recency, a time cue.
    16. present: It says "IMMEDIATE" and "INBOUND", recency cues.
    17. present: "IMMEDIATE" and "INBOUND" convey imminent recency.
    18. present: "IMMEDIATE" conveys urgency, a time cue.
    19. present: "INBOUND" and "IMMEDIATE" convey recency and urgency.
    20. present: "IMMEDIATE" and "INBOUND" convey urgent, now-oriented timing.
    21. present: "INBOUND" and "IMMEDIATE" convey imminence, a time cue.
    22. present: "INBOUND" and "IMMEDIATE" convey immediacy time cues.
    23. present: "IMMEDIATE" and "INBOUND" convey immediacy.
    24. present: "INBOUND" and "IMMEDIATE" convey urgency and recency.
    25. present: "INBOUND" and "IMMEDIATE" convey imminent timing.
  • Impactpresent25/25

    Final assessment

    Unanimous present; all 25 reads find the message states the hazard and what it could do.

    What the hazard could do to the people in its path. Beyond naming the threat, a complete warning conveys its potential consequences or severity, such as that a tornado can level buildings or that a leak could be explosive, so recipients grasp how much danger they are in. Research on warning message content finds that a concrete impact statement helps people personalize their risk and act sooner.

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    1. present: Warns of an inbound ballistic missile threat and to seek immediate shelter, conveying a life-threatening danger.
    2. present: States a ballistic missile threat inbound and to seek immediate shelter, this is not a drill, implying lethal danger.
    3. present: States a ballistic missile threat inbound and to seek immediate shelter, conveying lethal danger.
    4. present: It warns of an inbound ballistic missile threat to seek immediate shelter and states this is not a drill, conveying lethal danger.
    5. present: States a ballistic missile threat is inbound and to seek immediate shelter, conveying an explicit deadly danger.
    6. present: States a ballistic missile threat is inbound and to seek immediate shelter and this is not a drill, conveying grave danger.
    7. present: It warns of a ballistic missile threat inbound and to seek immediate shelter and that it is not a drill, conveying life-threatening danger.
    8. present: A ballistic missile threat inbound with seek immediate shelter conveys imminent deadly danger to people.
    9. present: States a ballistic missile threat is inbound and this is not a drill, conveying extreme deadly danger.
    10. present: States a ballistic missile threat is inbound and this is not a drill, conveying lethal danger.
    11. present: It warns of an inbound ballistic missile threat and to seek immediate shelter, conveying extreme danger to people.
    12. present: It warns of an inbound ballistic missile threat and to seek immediate shelter, stating it is not a drill and implying lethal danger.
    13. present: It warns of an inbound ballistic missile threat and directs immediate shelter, conveying a grave implied danger to people.
    14. present: It warns of an inbound ballistic missile threat and to seek immediate shelter stating this is not a drill, conveying catastrophic danger.
    15. present: Warns of a ballistic missile threat inbound and to seek immediate shelter, with not a drill conveying grave danger.
    16. present: Warns of an inbound ballistic missile threat and to seek immediate shelter, conveying lethal danger.
    17. present: It declares a ballistic missile threat inbound and to seek immediate shelter, this is not a drill, implying grave danger.
    18. present: It warns of an inbound ballistic missile threat and to seek immediate shelter, this is not a drill, an explicit lethal danger.
    19. present: It warns of an inbound ballistic missile threat and tells people to seek immediate shelter and that this is not a drill, conveying grave danger.
    20. present: Warns of an inbound ballistic missile threat and to seek immediate shelter, conveying extreme danger.
    21. present: It warns of an inbound ballistic missile threat and to seek immediate shelter saying this is not a drill, conveying grave danger.
    22. present: It warns of an inbound ballistic missile threat and to seek immediate shelter saying this is not a drill, strongly implying a deadly danger.
    23. present: States a ballistic missile threat is inbound, seek immediate shelter, this is not a drill, conveying grave danger.
    24. present: It warns of an inbound ballistic missile threat and to seek immediate shelter, a stated grave danger.
    25. present: It warns of an inbound ballistic missile threat, to seek immediate shelter, and that it is not a drill, an explicit life-threatening danger.

Systematic AI judgments with visible reasoning, not human-validated codings.

About this analysis
Context

Background

The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa is the flagship campus of the UH System, serving approximately 18,000 students in Honolulu. At 8:07 AM HST on January 13, 2018, the Hawaiʻi Emergency Management Agency erroneously pushed a Wireless Emergency Alert reading 'BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL.' The alert reached every cellular phone in the state, including thousands of students, faculty, and staff at UH Mānoa. As Hawaii News Now reported, students were seen running for shelter on campus moments after the alert pushed; many ran toward marked fallout shelters but found them locked and ended up sheltering in classrooms instead. HI-EMA's Twitter account posted a correction at 8:20 AM HST, but the official WEA retraction did not push until 8:45 AM HST, a 38-minute window in which Hawaii residents believed a nuclear strike was imminent. The CDC's MMWR study documented the public-health impact, including documented panic and at least one heart attack attributed to the alert. The FCC's official report found the alert was triggered by a single employee selecting the wrong drop-down option, with no procedural safeguard to prevent it. UH issued formal post-incident guidelines on January 23, its first explicit ballistic-missile shelter guidance in the IPAWS era. The case is significant because it is one of the only documented WEA-IPAWS misfires of national security consequence and revealed that UH Mānoa's Cold War-era fallout shelters were no longer operational.
Analysis

Key Findings

The 8:07 AM HST WEA reading 'BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL.' is one of the most consequential false alerts in IPAWS history
UH Mānoa students ran to marked fallout shelters on campus and found them locked, revealing that the campus's Cold War-era civil defense infrastructure was no longer operational
The 38-minute gap between false alert and official WEA retraction (8:07 to 8:45 AM HST) was the central failure analyzed by the FCC
UH issued post-incident ballistic-missile shelter guidelines on January 23, 2018, its first explicit guidance in the WEA-IPAWS era
A single employee selecting the wrong drop-down option triggered statewide panic; the FCC found there was no procedure to prevent a single person from sending a real missile alert
Outcome
False alarm caused by a single Hawaii Emergency Management Agency employee selecting the wrong drop-down option. No injuries on campus, but documented panic, students running to locked fallout shelters, and at least one heart attack statewide attributed to the alert. UH issued formal post-incident guidelines on January 23, 2018.
Provenance

Sources

  1. Source
    2018 Hawaii false missile alert (Wikipedia)
    en.wikipedia.org
    archived copy
  2. Official
    University of Hawaii offers guidelines after false missile alert (UH System News)
    hawaii.edu
    archived copy
  3. Report
    Report and Recommendations on the False Alert (FCC Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau)
    docs.fcc.gov
    archived copy
  4. Report
    Public Health Emergency Risk Communication and Social Media Reactions to an Errant Warning of a Ballistic Missile Threat, Hawaii, January 2018 (CDC MMWR)
    cdc.gov
    archived copy
  5. News
    False missile alert creates confusion for chemists in Hawaii (C&EN)
    cen.acs.org
    archived copy
  6. News
    Timeline of the Hawaii false missile alert shows how drill went wrong (CNN)
    cnn.com
    archived copy
  7. Student Paper
    2018 Hawaiʻi Ballistic Missile Scare: one year later (Manoa Now / Ka Leo)
    manoanow.org
    archived copy
Cite this case

Campus Alert Archive. "University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa: Statewide ballistic missile alert reached campus in error; corrected 38 minutes later." Incident of January 13, 2018. Added May 2026; last updated July 2026. https://campusalertarchive.com/case/university-of-hawaii-manoa-false-missile-alert-2018-01-13/

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