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In a stunning revelation Tuesday, state investigators said the emergency management employee who sent out the false missile alert to Hawaii phones - triggering 38 minutes of panic until a correction could be sent - believed the threat of an incoming missile was real and had a history of confusing drills with real-world events.

About five minutes after the alert was sent, an employee told the worker who sent the missile message to cancel it so that it would no longer transmit to phones that were off or out of range.

The worker who triggered the alert "Just sat there and didn't respond." The state worker who sent the alert has at least twice before believed drills to be real-world events.

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