Episodes
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First Contact: An Alien Encounter
S1 E1 - 1h 24m
Mixing a fictional narrative with documentary interviews, "First Contact: An Alien Encounter" tells the dramatic story of an encounter with an extraterrestrial artifact and explores the new tools we have available in the search for life beyond earth.
Extras + Features
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News of Potential Extraterrestrial Life
S1 E1 - 2m 21s
In this dramatized sequence, scientists discuss an extraterrestrial artifact that has passed through our solar system and narrow down a possible point of origin.
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The US Voyager Picks Up a Signal
S1 E1 - 3m 2s
In this dramatized sequence, the world responds to the US Voyager receiving an mysterious radio signals of extraterrestrial origin.
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Trailer
S1 E1 - 30s
Mixing a fictional narrative with documentary interviews, "First Contact: An Alien Encounter" tells the dramatic story of an encounter with an extraterrestrial artifact and explores the new tools we have available in the search for life beyond earth.
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An Extraterrestrial Artifact
S1 E1 - 1m 58s
Where did it come from? In this dramatized sequence, we explore how the world might react after an extraterrestrial artifact passes through our solar system.
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An Unusual Transmission
S1 E1 - 1m 56s
A dramatized sequence depicting how the world might react, and what scientists might have learned, two days after receiving news of potential extraterrestrial life.
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