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Google's UFO Fetish: Wells Salute or Deeper Meaning?
Jeff Bertolucci, PC World
Sep 21, 2009 3:27 pm
Flying saucers, crop circles, mysterious links, coded tweets: What's
up with Google's obsession with UFO mythology? Three times in
September, the search engine's home page featured spooky — or
whimsical, depending on your point of view — extraterrestrial-themed
graphics, including this Sept. 5 image of a mysterious craft abducting
the second "o" in "Google."
Follow-up images included a UFO hovering above crop circles that
spelled out "Google" — no doubt a sign that even extraterrestrials
will sell out for a few bucks — and this flying-craft-with-tentacles
picture that fans of The War of the Worlds might recognize right away:
Conspiracy buffs loved Google's cryptic messages. Many Twitter users
speculated that the search giant was attempting to reveal that UFOs
were real. "I think they have made first contact [and] are breaking it
to us the only way they know how," tweeted "elmofromok" after the
latest image went live.
Alas, UFO buffs were no doubt disappointed last night when Google
provided a relatively mundane explanation for its alien fixation.
According to a post on The Official Google Blog by site designer
Micheal Lopez, the series of cryptic images and riddles was a tribute
to science fiction author H.G. Wells, whose 143rd birthday was
September 20, 2009.
"Inspiration for innovation in technology and design can come from
lots of places; we wanted to celebrate H.G. Wells as an author who
encouraged fantastical thinking about what is possible, on this planet
and beyond. And maybe have some fun while we were doing it," Lopez
wrote.
Case closed? Not if you're a true UFO buff. Consider this:
Google's connection to mysterious flying craft isn't limited to its
H.G. Wells' tribute. How does the company explain this Google Street
View image of UFOs hovering over east London?
Why didn't Google celebrate H.G. Wells' books that have nothing to do
with flying saucers? How about The Island of Dr. Moreau? Plenty of
travel site tie-ins there.
And what's with Google naming its mobile operating system "Android"?
Aliens build androids, don't they? Sounds like another subliminal
message to me.
OK, I'll shut up now.
Contact Jeff Bertolucci via Twitter (@jbertolucci) or at
jbertolucci.blogspot.com.