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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.

Science Fiction Fantasy Documentary

When Aliens Attack

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as Narrator (voice)

as Self - SETI Institute

as Self - U.K. Ministry of Defense

as Self - Director of Defense Studies, West Point

Stephen Hawking

Stephen Hawking

as Self - Theoretical Physicist (archive footage)

as Self - USAF Air Command and Staff College

as Self - Physicist & Author

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

Michael Michaud

Michael Michaud

as Self - Author, Contact with Alien Civilizations

as Self - Author, Live Free or Die

as Self - Author: Adventures Among Ants

Dirk Schulze-Makuch

Dirk Schulze-Makuch

as Self - Washington State University

as Self - Author, Emergency

as Self - onPoint Tactical

as Self - Gunnery Sergeant, USMC

as Self - High Altitude Research Corp.

as Laboratory Scientist

Leandro DiMonriva

Leandro DiMonriva

as News Correspondent

Christopher Clay Jones

Christopher Clay Jones

as Resistance Leader

as Survival Expert

Eric Raymond Lim

Eric Raymond Lim

as Resistance Fighter

Tiffany Martinez

Tiffany Martinez

David Schlachtenhaufen

David Schlachtenhaufen

as Resistance Fighter

Christopher Warren

Christopher Warren

as Agent Patterson

as Human Resistance Leader

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Savas Georgalis

Savas Georgalis

Louis C. Tarantino

Louis C. Tarantino

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