When Aliens Attack
12/09/2011
2h



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What if an extra-terrestrial force attacked Earth? What might that look like and how will the people of Earth respond? Consulting a cast of world-renowned scientists, survival experts and defense experts, National Geographic explores this frightening scenario. Experts reveal what could motivate alien invaders to attack Earth, and speculate on how the attack might play out, the strategy alien invaders might use, and the most effective ways for humans to respond.
Cast


James Lurie
Narrator (voice)


Seth Shostak
Self - SETI Institute


Nick Pope
Self - U.K. Ministry of Defense
Brian De Toy
Self - Director of Defense Studies, West Point


Stephen Hawking
Self - Theoretical Physicist (archive footage)
Paul Springer
Self - USAF Air Command and Staff College
Travis Taylor
Self - Physicist & Author
Bob Boan
Self - Co-Author, Alien Invasion: How to Defend Earth
Michael Michaud
Self - Author, Contact with Alien Civilizations
Paul Parsons
Self
John Ringo
Self - Author, Live Free or Die
Mark Moffett
Self - Author: Adventures Among Ants
Dirk Schulze-Makuch
Self - Washington State University


Neil Strauss
Self - Author, Emergency
Kevin Reeve
Self - onPoint Tactical
Quay Terry
Self - Gunnery Sergeant, USMC
Bill Brown
Self - High Altitude Research Corp.
Elise Cantu
Survivor


Carin Chea
Laboratory Scientist
Zee Cruise
Survivor


Leandro DiMonriva
Scientist
Kenneth Favell
Survivor


Philip Hersh
News Correspondent
Sydney Jay
Survivor
Christopher Clay Jones
Resistance Leader


Matt Lasky
Survival Expert


Eric Raymond Lim
Resistance Fighter
Desiree Martin
Survivor
Tiffany Martinez
Survivor


Richard Miraan
Astronomer


Jose Rosete
Survivor
David Schlachtenhaufen
Resistance Fighter
Christopher Warren
Agent Patterson


Avihai Yaffe
Survivor
Justin Cuomo
Human Resistance Leader
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