Alien Con

Get acquainted with all things otherworldly this Halloween with the first annual Alien Con, a convention designed in part by the HISTORY Channel, A&E Networks, and Cosmic-Con. The three-day event, taking place in Santa Clara, features panels on extraterrestrial beings in pop culture and entertainment, touching on topics like “Firefly,” “Star Trek,” and “Lost In Space,” and characters like Godzilla and E.T. Between talks, learn to swing a lightsaber like the best of the jedi and crack the case of the Roswell incident in a celebration of the famed event’s 70th anniversary.