Man who alarmed all of Hawaii also alarmed his colleagues for a decade

The guy who mistakenly sent out an alert that falsely warned Hawaiians they were about to obliterated by a ballistic missile, was, it turns out, a source of alarm himself.

An internal investigation into the false missile alarm sent out earlier this month that left Hawaiians in a state of panic for 38 minutes had “been a source of concern” to his colleagues “for over 10 years,” according to a report made public Tuesday. According to the Washington Post, which obtained the report, his other alarming mistakes included mixing up real-world events and drills on at least two separate occasions. But his third known error, which made international headlines on Jan. 13, appeared to be the alarm charm — he has since been fired.

The Hawaii Emergency Management System officer, who has been shamed but not named, apparently believed that the U.S. was legitimately under attack after a drill exercise erroneously included the phrase “this is not a drill,” according to preliminary findings from a federal investigation into the matter.

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The newest explanation contradicts earlier reports from HEMA that the officer pressed the wrong button.

The officer provided a written statement to the Federal Communications Commission explaining that he did not hear the “exercise, exercise, exercise” portion of the unannounced exercise, which was reportedly also improperly supervised.