What's the story behind Google's UFO graphic for July 8th?

Google's Doodles may have started out as simple drawings, but they have progressed to animated works of art and sometimes full blown games. Google treated us to the latter on July 8th.

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In tribute to the 8th being the 66th anniversary of the UFO reporting at Roswell, New Mexico, the company created a small adventure game that sees the player take on the role of a displaced extra terrestrial.

Listen to the radio report from July 8th, 1947:

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