When Aliens Attack

Release Date: 2011-09-12

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.

Rating: 5.8 / 10

Cast

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)