

When Aliens Attack
1 hour 30 minutes2011-09-12
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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
