The original report, according to Capt. Mike Smith from the Jefferson City Police Department, came in around 10 a.m. from a female on the fifth floor of the Governor's Office Building on Madison St. saying there was a hostage situation. Officials have now confirmed there was never a hostage situation, though they still do not know exactly what happened. Officials searched the building and found nothing suspicious. The 60 law enforcement officials on the scene evacuated a total of 155 workers from the building.

Those who were on lockdown inside the building said they were never scared. They said the worst part was not knowing.

"We weren't so much worried for our own safety and so forth," said Mike Parnell who was on the first floor of the building. "We were just curious as to where it was and exactly what was going on because there were people we know who work on the floors above us."

Sonitrol is an alarm company that operates the Governor's Office Building. Vincent Parker, a manager at the company says alarm operators received a call from a woman named Dawn who said someone told her there was a hostage situation. The woman said she was in an elevator when she heard an announcement on the elevator speaker system, warning her to stay away from the fifth floor because of a hostage situation.

The alarm company then called the Jefferson City Police Department who responded to the building.

The morning's excitement set the Twitter world abuzz, with everyone from Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder to bystanders sending their first-hand accounts.

Workers inside the building were also giving updates to people waiting to hear more details. Amber Branch kept in contact with her friend through text messages. She said her friend felt safe throught the lockdown.

Although there was much speculation as to whether it actually was a hostage situation, Parnell said he thinks there could be some good coming from it.

"It might be a waste in some people's view of productivity," said Parnell. "But at the same time, our law enforcement officials had an opportunity to go through what I call a live practice drill."

The office building is the former Hotel Governor and not where Gov. Jay Nixon has office space.

The Governor's Office released a statement saying Gov. Nixon was attending a business meeting in Texas when the initial reports came in. He immediately returned to Jefferson City. Since then, he has monitored the situation from his office with updates from the Missouri State Highway Patrol.