When Aliens Attack (2011)

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 (35)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

James Lurie

Narrator (voice)

Seth Shostak

Self - SETI Institute

Nick Pope

Self - U.K. Ministry of Defense

B

Brian De Toy

Self - Director of Defense Studies, West Point

Stephen Hawking

Self - Theoretical Physicist (archive footage)

P

Paul Springer

Self - USAF Air Command and Staff College

T

Travis Taylor

Self - Physicist & Author

B

Bob Boan

Self - Co-Author, Alien Invasion: How to Defend Earth

M

Michael Michaud

Self - Author, Contact with Alien Civilizations

P

Paul Parsons

Self

J

John Ringo

Self - Author, Live Free or Die

M

Mark Moffett

Self - Author: Adventures Among Ants

D

Dirk Schulze-Makuch

Self - Washington State University

Neil Strauss

Self - Author, Emergency

K

Kevin Reeve

Self - onPoint Tactical

Q

Quay Terry

Self - Gunnery Sergeant, USMC

B

Bill Brown

Self - High Altitude Research Corp.

E

Elise Cantu

Survivor

Carin Chea

Laboratory Scientist

Z

Zee Cruise

Survivor

Leandro DiMonriva

Scientist

K

Kenneth Favell

Survivor

Philip Hersh

News Correspondent

S

Sydney Jay

Survivor

C

Christopher Clay Jones

Resistance Leader

Matt Lasky

Survival Expert

Eric Raymond Lim

Resistance Fighter

D

Desiree Martin

Survivor

T

Tiffany Martinez

Survivor

Richard Miraan

Astronomer

Jose Rosete

Survivor

D

David Schlachtenhaufen

Resistance Fighter

C

Christopher Warren

Agent Patterson

Avihai Yaffe

Survivor

J

Justin Cuomo

Human Resistance Leader

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