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Two Swatting Calls on Day Two of the Semester Cleared UTSA's Dorms at 10 PM

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Confirmed HoaxDetermined to be a hoax. The institutional response is documented because it reveals how the alert system performed under a perceived real threat.

On the second day of the fall 2025 semester, the University of Texas at San Antonio was the target of two swatting calls — one reporting an incident at the Main Building and another reporting a threat in campus housing. UTSA sent an emergency alert just before 10 p.m. CDT on August 26, 2025, prompting students to evacuate housing buildings, then issued a follow-up 19 minutes later declaring the threats not credible. Both incidents were determined to be unfounded.

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The University of Texas at San Antonio
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Alert Sequence

2 messages in sequence · 1 verified verbatim

Some alert texts below are approximate reconstructions from news coverage, not confirmed verbatim transcripts. Reconstructed texts are shown in italic with a dashed border. Verified verbatim texts have a solid border and are marked accordingly.

INITIAL ALERTSMS
Approximate reconstruction154 chars
UTSA Alert: Active/credible threat reported on campus. Evacuate campus housing buildings now. Follow instructions from police. More information to follow.

This text has been reconstructed from news coverage and may not reflect the exact original wording.

TPR reported students received the alert just before 10 p.m. CDT on August 26, 2025, prompting evacuation of housing buildings during the second night of the fall semester.
The university later said the calls were two swatting incidents reporting threats at the Main Building and in campus housing.
ALL CLEARSMS
Verified verbatimVerbatim @UTSA official X/Twitter post (status 1960544961402659202) on August 26, 2025121 chars
Previous alerts of incidents on campus are not credible. Police presence increased as precaution. Resume normal activity.
Confirmed verbatim from UTSA's official @UTSA X post; KENS 5 and TPR also quoted this text word-for-word, sent about 19 minutes after the initial evacuation alert.
This message resolves the threat and tells the community to resume normal activity, functioning as the all-clear.
Context

Background

The University of Texas at San Antonio is one of the largest Hispanic-Serving Institutions in the country. On August 26, 2025 — the second day of the fall semester — UTSA was hit by two swatting calls, one reporting an incident at the Main Building and another reporting a threat in campus housing. The university sent an emergency alert just before 10 p.m. CDT and evacuated dorms, then issued an all-clear roughly 19 minutes later once police found the threats not credible. The student newspaper, The Paisano, covered student reaction and UTSA leadership responded publicly. The episode was part of a national wave of back-to-school swatting hoaxes targeting universities in August 2025, and it echoed UTSA's 2017 back-to-back bomb threats — showing the same large urban HSI repeatedly navigating fast-moving hoax threats.
Provenance

Sources

  1. Social
    UTSA official X post — 'Previous alerts of incidents on campus are not credible'
    x.com
  2. News
    UTSA students evacuated from on-campus housing following hoax threats - TPR
    tpr.org
  3. News
    UTSA issues all-clear after dorms are briefly evacuated - KENS 5
    kens5.com
  4. Student Paper
    UT San Antonio students react to bomb threat hoax - The Paisano
    paisano-online.com
  5. Official
    UTSA leadership respond to campus alerts - UTSA Today
    utsa.edu
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Added May 2026Updated May 2026Via ingestion