Google UFO doodles are H.G. Wells tribute

Google's recent UFO themed doodles have been revealed as a tribute to H.G. Wells, the pioneering author who penned classic science fiction novels such as The Time Machine, The Invisible Man and The War Of The Worlds. Yes. I read about this somewhere. I think it was on twitter. Anyways, tribute to HG Wells! And I really like his books especially The Invisible Man Thanks PotterManiac

I had to actually go peek at my google page today. Most of the time I kind of forget to look at the image.

I see they use the flying saucer means of transportation, whereas in the book the Martians were fired out of a giant cannon. Although at least they haven't tried to transplant it to New York, like most Hollywood versions try to.