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.
GENRES:
Documentary • Fantasy • Science Fiction
DIRECTION:
Louis C. Tarantino
Cast & Characters
| Justin Cuomo | Cast |
| James Lurie | Narrator (voice) |
| Elise Cantu | Cast |
| 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 |