The Google doodle featuring a UFO sucking up one of the Google Os, which linked to the search 'unexplained phenomenon'One of the theories was put forward by the Telegraph's own Shane Richmond, who concluded that it was put up in honour of Zero Wing, a 1980s Japanese video game. Google put up a tweet with the following message after the UFO appeared: “1.12.12 25.15.21.18 15 1.18.5 2.5.12.15.14.7 20.15 21.19″
Mr Richmond's theory held that the alpha-numeric transcription - "All Your O Are Belong To Us" - is a joke based on a popular mistranslation in the Zero Wing game which said: "All your base are belong to us." He noted information added to Wikipedia on September 6, which gave the release date of Zero Wing as September 5, 1989. Therefore, he said, the appearance of the Google UFO must be to mark the 20th anniversary of the release of the game.
