World UFO Day, here are the TV series to see about extraterrestrials. PHOTO

July 2 is the World UFO Daya date chosen by fans in honor ofRoswell incident. On this day in 1947, according to ufologists, an alien aircraft crashed in New Mexico (while the official thesis is that it was a weather balloon of a military project). On the occasion of World Ufo Day here are the TV series dealing with the theme of extraterrestrial life forms

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X-FILES – The cult series launched by Chris Carter in 1993 has analyzed the paranormal in many ways. And investigations by FBI agents Mulder and Scully have crossed numerous instances of alien abductions and government plots to cover up invasion plans by an extraterrestrial race.

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ROSWELL – In 1999, in the height of the golden age of teen dramas, this series arrived on the screens that tells the stories of some extraterrestrials who live under the guise of high school students in the city of New Mexico. Between love affairs, adolescent problems and science fiction implications, three seasons have been produced that have had a good success with the public. A reboot was made in 2019

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MORK & MINDY – The four seasons of the sitcom that aired on ABC between 1978 and 1982 were hugely successful, largely thanks to the hilarious character of Mork (played by the still little-known Robin Williams), an alien who arrived in Colorado from the planet Ork on an egg-shaped spacecraft, to study humans. Unforgettable some of his catchphrases and behaviors (often improvised by the brilliant actor)

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FALLING SKIES – The series created by Robert Rodat (and produced by Spielberg) aired on the TNT cable channel for five seasons between 2011 and 2015. The protagonist Tom Mason (played by Noah Wyle, Dr. Carter of ER) Lead the human resistance in an Earth invaded by the fearsome alien race of the Espheni with the help of their enslaved Skitter creatures

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DOCTOR WHO – Piece of the history of television and the collective imagination. Created by the BBC in 1963 to 1989 (and then revived in 2005), it boasts a total of 58 years of programming. The protagonist is the Time Lord, a humanoid alien called “The Doctor” who travels in space-time travel with terrestrial companions through the Tardis, a car with the appearance of a blue cabin of the English police. In these adventures he fights against other aliens to save the universe from destruction

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TORCHWOOD – Born as a spin-off of Doctor Whothe third season of the project was conceived as a miniseries entitled Torchwood: Children of Earth (aired in 2009). All the children of the Earth at the same moment are paralyzed saying “We are coming”. It turns out that an alien race has been in contact with the British government since 1965 and is now demanding the sacrifice of millions of children and threatens to invade the planet. A secret government agency, which usually investigates facts related to extraterrestrials, must go to great lengths to avoid catastrophe

V – Also known in Italy as Visitors, is a miniseries that aired in 1983 on NBC, followed the following year by another miniseries and then by a series of 19 episodes. It tells of the arrival of an alien race that announces that it is coming in peace with the intention of using raw materials that are now running out on their planet, in exchange for advanced technological knowledge. But the plans of the extraterrestrials turn out to be much more bloody and tragic. In 2009 a remake was made, then canceled after 3 seasons due to the drop in ratings

TAKEN – Ten episodes broadcast in 2002, in which the experiences of three different families are told, from 1944 and for the following 58 years, all with a direct connection with the Roswell incident and the abductions of the aliens, whose final plan is the birth by Allie Keys, hybrid of their experiments and key to their future. The miniseries won an Emmy

INVASION – In a small town in Florida, after a hurricane, a mysterious species of aquatic extraterrestrial begins to take control of people’s bodies and lives (a bit like in Invasion of the Body Snatchers). A sheriff and a ranger investigate the oddities discovering that the threat could affect the entire planet. The series was hastily canceled after just one season, even though its creators originally planned it for five.

RESIDENT ALIEN – Based on the comic of the same name by Peter Hogan and Steve Parkhouse, it tells of an alien sent to Earth to wipe out humanity completely. But his spaceship crashes in Colorado and she has to review his plans. He assumes the identity of Harry, a local pathologist. In this way he learns to live among the inhabitants of the place, getting to know them better and developing human feelings and behaviors. Eventually he begins to question his initial mission

A THIRD KIND FAMILY – Successful sitcom that aired from 1996 to 2001, tells the adventures of the Solomon, an alien family who took human form to study our planet. They must therefore integrate with the habits and behaviors of earthlings, with often hilarious and paradoxical results. The series, in the original call 3rd Rock From The Sunhas won numerous Emmys and Golden Globes

DEFIANCE – Between 2013 and 2015, the three seasons of this series aired on Syfy, from which a popular video game was also based. It is set in the near future, in a post-apocalyptic scenario after a war between humans and Votan aliens, who arrived thinking that our planet was uninhabited. Now the Earth is divided and protagonist Joshua Nolan tries to protect his community from factional clashes

PEOPLE OF EARTH – A reporter has to write an article about a support group for people who have suffered alien abductions. Initially skeptical, he changes his mind when he begins to remember that he too has been a victim of similar experiences. He discovers that his leader is a reptilian and that an alliance between three races of extraterrestrials has been operating for years to conquer the Earth. This sci-fi comedy ran for two seasons between 2016 and 2017 before being canceled