Orson the Alien! The Untold Story Behind The War of the Worlds

Today on Far Future Horizons we continue to commemorate the 78^th Anniversary of Orson Welles. War of the Worlds radio broadcast with the SciFi Channel’s Seeing Ear Theatre production of Orson the Alien! The Untold Story Behind The War of the Worlds starring Star Trek’s Walter Koenig (Chekov). This radio play was originally webcasted live from New York's Museum of TV & Radio on October 30^th, 1998. The script was written by Terry Bisson, Brian Smith and George Zarr.

Invaders from Mars and Beyond

The Martians are Coming!!! The Martians are Coming!!!

Today marks the seventy-eighth anniversary of Orson Welles’ infamous 1938 Radio broadcast that panicked America. In order to commemorate this anniversary, and wish our dear readers a Happy Halloween, we would like to offer you a very unique triple treat of panic and mayhem.

Our first treat for you today the movie titled "The Night That Panicked America" an American made-for-television movie that was originally broadcast on the ABC network on October 31, 1975. The movie dramatizes events surrounding Orson Welles’ infamous War of the Worlds radio broadcast (based on the novel of the same name by English author H.G. Wells) of October 30, 1938, which had led some people to believe that an invasion of Martians was actually happening in Grover's Mill, New Jersey.

Our second and third video features for today are two documentaries that recently aired which take a scientific look at the possible motivations behind an alien invasion of our world and how humanity may hope to defend itself.

The American Experience ~ War of the Worlds

The Martians are Coming!!! The Martians are coming!!!

Today on Far Future Horizons we will commemorate the seventy-eighth anniversary of Orson Welles’ infamous War of the Worlds radio broadcast.   

The Martians Invade New York City on October 30, 1938

Today’s video feature is The American Experience Documentary – War of the Worlds.

Through The Wormhole: Will We Survive First Contact?

Today on Far Future Horizons we present the first episode of the third season of Morgan Freeman’s Through the Wormhole to explore the possible consequences for humanity of First Contact with an extraterrestrial civilization far more advanced than our own.

Scenarios examining how the first contact between the human race and an alien species might unfold are explored in the Season 3 premiere. 

Alien Invasion: Are We Ready?

Today on Far Future Horizons we present an exciting episode from the acclaimed Science Channel documentary series Curiosity ~ Alien Invasion: Are We Ready?

Are Aliens Inside Us?

Today on Far Future Horizons we join veteran actor Morgan Freeman in another outstanding episode of the acclaimed Science Channel documentary series Through the Wormhole.

In this installment, we explore a very intriguing “Alien Invasion” scenario of sorts.

What if aliens are already here? Are Aliens Inside Us?

The War of the Worlds (1953)

Today on Far Future Horizons we are proud to present George Pals' film adaptation of H. G. Wells’ novel of the Martian invasion of Earth - The War of the Worlds (1953).

This film version of the H.G. Wells classic still remains my all time favorite. 

Major Matt Mason and the Martian Attack

In every age there is a great and fearless hero. For my aging generation of space cadets of the baby boomer era he was the quintessential hero of the space age. The astronaut who led the charge forward as humanity blazed a trial forward in its conquest of space. Where have you gone Major Matt Mason? The world cries out to you in its hour of greatest peril.

Without Warning

Today on Far Future Horizons it gives us great pleasure to present the TV Motion Picture – Without Warning which first aired on October 30^th, 1994, the 56th anniversary of Orson Welles infamous "War of the Worlds" broadcast.

Sci Fi Science ~ Alien Invasion

What if aliens really were intent on invading and subjecting our planet. What can we possibly do? Here to provide the answer is maverick physicist Dr. Michio Kaku in another exciting episode of Sci Fi Science - Alien Invasion.

The aliens are coming! The aliens are coming! It's the cry at the heart of hundreds of Sci Fi movies what can we possibly do if a hostile alien force were really intent on invading Earth? We must be prepared for this onslaught and Dr. Michio Kaku has a plan.

The Great Martian War

Today on Far Future Horizons we present the History Channel’s mock alternate history Sci-Fi documentary - The Great Martian War.

History meets science-fiction in the Canadian original film The Great Martian War. A unique allegorical tale of the horror of battle, The Great Martian War spectacularly re-imagines the years 1913-17, with humankind fighting a catastrophic war against a savage race of extraterrestrial invaders.

On its 100th anniversary, The Great Martian War tells the story of the catastrophic events and unimaginable horrors of 1913-17, when Humankind was pitted against a savage Alien invasion.

With powerful and detailed First World War parallels The Great Martian War fuses sci-fi fantasy with factual History  to explore the real-world tragedies and unique horror of World War One.

Alien Encounters: The Invasion

Today on Far Future Horizons we present the third documentary for Alien Encounters week, which explores the exciting hypothetical scenario of humanity’s first direct contact with an extraterrestrial civilization. For centuries, humankind has looked to the skies and wondered, "Are we alone in the universe?"

Not anymore, the Aliens are finally here, and they come bearing gifts.

Alien Encounters: The Arrival

Alien Light Sail Propelled Spacecraft Spotted Near Jupiter 

Today on Far Future Horizons we present the second documentary for Alien Encounters week which explores the exciting hypothetical scenario of humanity’s first direct contact with an extraterrestrial civilization. For centuries, humankind has looked to the skies and wondered, "Are we alone in the universe?"

Not anymore and we are about to meet the Aliens face to face.

Alien Encounters: The Message

The SETI Institute's Allen Telescope Array, Hat Creek Radio Observatory, Hat Creek, California

Today on Far Future Horizons we kick off Alien Encounters week and explore the exciting hypothetical scenario of humanity’s first contact with an extraterrestrial civilization. For centuries, humankind has looked to the skies and wondered, "Are we alone in the universe?"

A Universe Teeming With Life?

In the documentaries we are presenting this week, we join distinguished scientists in examining how extraterrestrials might communicate with Earth and discuss the ramifications on human society if the aliens answer humanity's call and arrive on our celestial doorstep. Will first contact prove to be the dawn of an exciting new era of peace and prosperity for humankind or the prelude to a devastating alien invasion?

The War of the Worlds and Beyond

No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's and yet as mortal as his own; that as men busied themselves about their various concerns they were scrutinised and studied, perhaps almost as narrowly as a man with a microscope might scrutinise the transient creatures that swarm and multiply in a drop of water. With infinite complacency men went to and fro over this globe about their little affairs, serene in their assurance of their empire over matter. It is possible that the infusoria under the microscope do the same. No one gave a thought to the older worlds of space as sources of human danger, or thought of them only to dismiss the idea of life upon them as impossible or improbable. It is curious to recall some of the mental habits of those departed days. At most terrestrial men fancied there might be other men upon Mars, perhaps inferior to themselves and ready to welcome a missionary enterprise. Yet across the gulf of space, minds that are to our minds as ours are to those of the beasts that perish, intellects vast and cool and unsympathetic, regarded this earth with envious eyes, and slowly and surely drew their plans against us. And early in the twentieth century came the great disillusionment.               ~ H.G Wells, The War of the Worlds (1898)

Thus began H.G. Wells’ legendary novel of the Martian assault of planet Earth. This novel started a whole genre of alien invasion literature that has been one of the mainstays of science fiction ever since. 

A Twenty- First Century War of the Worlds

No one would have believed, in the second decade of the twenty-first century that human affairs were being watched across the timeless void of interstellar space. No one could have dreamed that humanity and Earth’s biosphere were being scrutinized as someone with a microscope studies the transient creatures that swarm and multiply in a drop of water.

Few people, as they went about their humdrum affairs, even considered the possibility of life on other planets or the possibility that extraterrestrial intelligence had any interest in our blue abode of life. And yet, across the gulf of space, minds immeasurably superior to ours regarded this Earth with envious eyes, and slowly, and surely, they drew their plans against us. Yet, fortunately a few farsighted people, amongst our number, anticipated this eventuality and drew plans of their own.

Today on Far Future Horizons we present When Aliens Attack.