When Aliens Attack

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When Aliens Attack

2011

1h 30m

5.8(4 votes)

Science Fiction

Fantasy

Documentary

Overview

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.

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Cast & Crew

35 members

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James Lurie

Narrator (voice)

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Seth Shostak

Self - SETI Institute

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Nick Pope

Self - U.K. Ministry of Defense

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Brian De Toy

Self - Director of Defense Studies, West Point

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Stephen Hawking

Self - Theoretical Physicist (archive footage)

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Paul Springer

Self - USAF Air Command and Staff College

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Travis Taylor

Self - Physicist & Author

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Bob Boan

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

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Writing

Michael Michaud

Self - Author, Contact with Alien Civilizations

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Crew

Paul Parsons

Self

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John Ringo

Self - Author, Live Free or Die

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Mark Moffett

Self - Author: Adventures Among Ants

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Dirk Schulze-Makuch

Self - Washington State University

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Neil Strauss

Self - Author, Emergency

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Kevin Reeve

Self - onPoint Tactical

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Quay Terry

Self - Gunnery Sergeant, USMC

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Bill Brown

Self - High Altitude Research Corp.

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Elise Cantu

Survivor

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Carin Chea

Laboratory Scientist

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Zee Cruise

Survivor

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Leandro DiMonriva

Scientist

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Kenneth Favell

Survivor

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Philip Hersh

News Correspondent

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Sydney Jay

Survivor

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Christopher Clay Jones

Resistance Leader

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Matt Lasky

Survival Expert

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Eric Raymond Lim

Resistance Fighter

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Desiree Martin

Survivor

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Tiffany Martinez

Survivor

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Richard Miraan

Astronomer

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Jose Rosete

Survivor

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David Schlachtenhaufen

Resistance Fighter

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Christopher Warren

Agent Patterson

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Camera

Avihai Yaffe

Survivor

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Justin Cuomo

Human Resistance Leader

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