It might have just started as a fun idea at Google HQ for a lazy Saturday, but the decision to run a masthead showing a UFO “abducting” one of the letters in Google has set-off heaps of speculation.  Will September 5th now be unversally proclaimed Unexplained Mystery day thanks to Google’s masthead?

Internet folk are quite puzzled as Google usually creates unique mastheads to signify special events, or celebrate anniversaries.

While there are a few interesting ideas floating around — ranging from a Google O/S tie-in to a mass experiment — the truth may not just be “out there” but could be much closer to home.

Google has become the front door to the internet, and the ‘net is a celebration of human knowledge.  Unexplained mysteries and the sharing of knowledge not considered “safe for mainstream consumption” are at the very core of the ‘net, perhaps as close to the heart of the internet as the internet’s back door:

Porn.

Can’t wait for that Google masthead.  There’s so much that can be done with those two o’s.  Let’s hope the visitors bring it back when they’re done probing it.