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Alien Encounters

Alien Encounters

20126.53 Seasons10 EpisodesReturning SeriesTV-PG

Overview

Scientists and sci-fi writers explore a hypothetical first-contact event between aliens and humans.

Created by Dave Caplan
NetworksScience

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Top Cast

Hakeem Muata Oluseyi

Hakeem Muata Oluseyi

Self - Astrophysicist

John Zacchino

John Zacchino

Congressman

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Dimitra Jiova

Damla

K

Katie McClave

Bree - Hybrid Child

B

Bivas Biswas

Goker

R

Roberta Setzu

Lisa Martines

Christian Ortega

Christian Ortega

Fanboy

Greg Duncan

Greg Duncan

Extra 2 / NSA Agent- programmer

T

Tian Wang

Yoshi

M

Morgan Ford

Maisie

Themes & Keywords

extraterrestrialfirst contactdocufiction

About Alien Encounters

Alien Encounters is a documentary, sci-fi & fantasy series that first aired in 2012 exploring themes of extraterrestrial, first contact, docufiction. Created by Dave Caplan, it stars Hakeem Muata Oluseyi, John Zacchino, Dimitra Jiova. Scientists and sci-fi writers explore a hypothetical first-contact event between aliens and humans.

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