Alien Encounters is a science fiction mini series on the Science Channel. The series explores how humanity might react to first-contact with aliens. The fictional series is presented as a documentary intermixed with commentary from scientists and sci-fi writers. The series begins with an alien signal detected by the SETI Institute and follows through alien contact and the creation of hybrids ("Brids") based on alien DNA.
Episodes
The series had the following episodes:
Season 1
There are 2 episodes in the first season.
Season 2
There are 2 episodes in the second season.
Season 3
There are 6 episodes in season three.
Recurring Commentators
Recurring commentators included:
Anthony D. Call - Narrator
Ariel Anbar - Director, ASU Astrobiology Program
Jeffrey L. Bada - Distinguished Professor of Marine Chemistry, UCSD
David Brin - Astronomer, Author, NASA Consultant
Paul Davies - Physicist, Director of the Beyond Center at Arizona State University
Alan Dean Foster - Author
David Gerrold - Author, Screen Writer
Kevin R. Grazier - Planetary Scientist
Alex Lightman - Author, Entrepreneur, Futurist
Malcolm Maciver - Neuroscientist, Mechanical Engineer, Northwestern University
Hakeem Oluseyi - Astrophysicist, Florida Tech
Nick Sagan - Author
John Scalzi - Author
Seth Shostak - Astronomer, SETI Institute
Joan Slonczewski - Microbiologist, Author
Jill Tarter - Author, SETI Institute
Neil deGrasse Tyson - Astrophysicist, author, and Director of the Hayden Planetarium