OMG, OMG, OMG. I have to show you something. I was in HI during the "scare'. (We returned back to the continental US Sunday.) I was just talking to a friend showing him the alerts we received - the 8:06 original accidental alert and the following 8:45 alert that it was a mistake. There was a different message that was scrolling across the Hawaii TV screen during the scare from the Pacific Command. About an hour after the scare, spouse and I were talking about everything and wanted to read the TV message again so I googled it by keywords Pacific Command Emergency Alert. I found the message and copied it from a website. I want to say it was from the Pacific Control Website but we were so shook up, I may be mistaken about that. I texted the alert to my family stateside.
So today, as I was showing that message to my friend, I noticed the time stamp. 8:00 a.m.!!!! (Pic related). That's 7 minutes BEFORE the accidental button push!!
I have googled this now to verify the 8:00 and can't find it anywhere. WTF???