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Monday 7 September 2009

Google's UFO Logo Puzzle: A Prediction or Celebration?

The internet was thrown into a tizzy this holiday weekend when Google changed its logo to show a UFO abducting one of Google’s second O. Does Google know something we don't? Did they intercept an extraterrestrial search query on Google?
Is the logo an homage to the message of the new scifi hit, District 9? Or could it be in honor of the anniversary of Voyager 1 spacecraft mission?
But if that was the link then why did Google link their logo to a search for the term “unexplained phenomena”? Google offered a clue on its Twitter page, adding the message “1.12.12 25.15.21.18 15 1.18.5 2.5.12.15.14.7 20.15 21.19″. Swap those numbers for the corresponding letters of the alphabet and you get “All your O are belong to us”.
All of these searches are among the most common this weekend, according to Google Trends. Google regularly changes its logo, but this one appears to be attracting a tsunami of attention. Some have suggested Google is trying to tell us something about aliens arriving soon on Earth.If you have never heard of the Taos hum conspiracy, the YouTube video below gives a primer. Listen closely!
Is the world’s fascination with the possibility of UFOs and more a religion or a natural intuitive sense that life is “out there” based on current scientific research and recent planet-search discoveries?
One of the world’s pre-eminent astrophysicists, Carl Sagan, believed that “the interest in unidentified flying objects derives, perhaps, not so much from scientific curiosity as from unfulfilled religious needs.” (Daily Galaxy)