Alien Encounters (TV series)

Alien Encounters is a fictional science fiction mini-series that aired on the Science Channel. It examines how humanity might respond to making first contact with extraterrestrial life. The show is structured like a documentary, blending fictional scenes with real commentary from scientists and science fiction authors.

The story kicks off when the SETI Institute detects an alien signal, then follows the ensuing contact and the eventual creation of hybrids, called "Brids," using alien DNA. The series ran for three seasons: the first and second each had two episodes, and the third had six. A regular panel of experts and writers provided commentary throughout, including narrator Anthony D. Call, along with astrobiologists, physicists, authors, and SETI researchers such as Ariel Anbar, Jeffrey L. Bada, David Brin, Paul Davies, Alan Dean Foster, David Gerrold, Kevin R. Grazier, Alex Lightman, Malcolm Maciver, Hakeem Oluseyi, Nick Sagan, John Scalzi, Seth Shostak, Joan Slonczewski, Jill Tarter, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and Douglas Vakoch.