[EAS] Missouri Highway Patrol sends errant alert about searching for vehicle from Batman

[Sean Donelan]

https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/missouri-highway-patrol-sends-errant-alert-about-searching-for-vehicle-from-batman/article_5f576afb-8003-5317-9b51-0aed0473c73c.html

The Missouri Highway Patrol on Tuesday evening sent out an errant alert 
that said authorities were searching for a purple and green 1978 Dodge 
3700GT in Gotham City, Missouri.

The problem: It was intended as a test message. There is no Gotham City, 
Missouri, and that's the vehicle used by the Joker in the 1989 film 
"Batman," starring Michael Keaton as the caped crusader and Jack Nicholson 
as the maniacal villain. The license plate in the accidental alert read 
"UKIDME."

The Highway Patrol sent another alert soon after the first -- a "Blue 
Alert," which means an officer has been killed or seriously injured in the 
line of duty -- clarifying that the first was a mistake.