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An emergency alert notification was sent out on Saturday claiming a "ballistic missile threat inbound to Hawaii" was a false alarm, according to state leaders and emergency officials, who blamed it on an employee who "pushed the wrong button." The emergency alert said: "Ballistic Missile threat inbound to Hawaii, seek immediate shelter, this is not a drill." A second emergency alert was sent to phones in Hawaii 38 minutes after the initial message confirming the false alarm. The man who made the mistake, has been reassigned and is going through retraining. Changes are already underway, alerts now will require activation and verification by two people, the agency said. A cancellation command has since been written and can be issued within seconds of an error.An emergency alert notification was sent out on Saturday claiming a "ballistic missile threat inbound to Hawaii" was a false alarm, according to state leaders and emergency officials, who blamed it on an employee who "pushed the wrong button." The emergency alert said: "Ballistic Missile threat inbound to Hawaii, seek immediate shelter, this is not a drill." A second emergency alert was sent to phones in Hawaii 38 minutes after the initial message confirming the false alarm. The man who made the mistake, has been reassigned and is going through retraining. Changes are already underway, alerts now will require activation and verification by two people, the agency said. A cancellation command has since been written and can be issued within seconds of an error.An emergency alert notification was sent out on Saturday claiming a "ballistic missile threat inbound to Hawaii" was a false alarm, according to state leaders and emergency officials, who blamed it on an employee who "pushed the wrong button." The emergency alert said: "Ballistic Missile threat inbound to Hawaii, seek immediate shelter, this is not a drill." A second emergency alert was sent to phones in Hawaii 38 minutes after the initial message confirming the false alarm. The man who made the mistake, has been reassigned and is going through retraining. Changes are already underway, alerts now will require activation and verification by two people, the agency said. A cancellation command has since been written and can be issued within seconds of an error.An emergency alert notification was sent out on Saturday claiming a "ballistic missile threat inbound to Hawaii" was a false alarm, according to state leaders and emergency officials, who blamed it on an employee who "pushed the wrong button." The emergency alert said: "Ballistic Missile threat inbound to Hawaii, seek immediate shelter, this is not a drill." A second emergency alert was sent to phones in Hawaii 38 minutes after the initial message confirming the false alarm. The man who made the mistake, has been reassigned and is going through retraining. Changes are already underway, alerts now will require activation and verification by two people, the agency said. A cancellation command has since been written and can be issued within seconds of an error.