When Aliens Attack
2011What 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.
Acted in
James Lurie
as Narrator (voice)
Seth Shostak
as Self - SETI Institute
Nick Pope
as Self - U.K. Ministry of Defense
Brian De Toy
as Self - Director of Defense Studies, West Point
Stephen Hawking
as Self - Theoretical Physicist (archive footage)
Paul Springer
as Self - USAF Air Command and Staff College
Travis Taylor
as Self - Physicist & Author
Bob Boan
as Self - Co-Author, Alien Invasion: How to Defend Earth
Michael Michaud
as Self - Author, Contact with Alien Civilizations
Paul Parsons
as Self
John Ringo
as Self - Author, Live Free or Die
Mark Moffett
as Self - Author: Adventures Among Ants
Dirk Schulze-Makuch
as Self - Washington State University
Neil Strauss
as Self - Author, Emergency
Kevin Reeve
as Self - onPoint Tactical
Quay Terry
as Self - Gunnery Sergeant, USMC
Bill Brown
as Self - High Altitude Research Corp.
Elise Cantu
as Survivor
Carin Chea
as Laboratory Scientist
Zee Cruise
as Survivor
Leandro DiMonriva
as Scientist
Kenneth Favell
as Survivor
Philip Hersh
as News Correspondent
Sydney Jay
as Survivor
Christopher Clay Jones
as Resistance Leader
Matt Lasky
as Survival Expert
Eric Raymond Lim
as Resistance Fighter
Desiree Martin
as Survivor
Tiffany Martinez
as Survivor
Richard Miraan
as Astronomer
Jose Rosete
as Survivor
David Schlachtenhaufen
as Resistance Fighter
Christopher Warren
as Agent Patterson
Avihai Yaffe
as Survivor
Justin Cuomo
as Human Resistance Leader