Watch the Skies is a timeline where the science fiction of the past became the reality of the present and future. Following an unsuccessful alien invasion in 1960, Earth reverse engineers the high technology of the invaders. The wonders of science become the norm. It is a world of aliens, astronauts, kaiju, zombies and atomic supermen.

• John F. Kennedy / Lyndon Johnson (Democratic) 1961 - 1969
• Richard Nixon / George Bush (Republican) 1969 - 1977
• Robert F. Kennedy / Lloyd Bentsen (Democratic) 1977 - 1981
• Nelson Rockefeller* / Ronald Reagan (Republican) 1981 - 1986
• Ronald Reagan / Howard Baker (Republican) 1986 - 1989
• Robert Redford / Robert Lawrence (Democratic) 1989 - 1997
• Robert Lawrence / Hillary Goldwater (Democratic/Republican) 1997 - 2001
• Hillary Goldwater / Kelsey Grammer (Republican) 2001 - 2009
• John F. Kennedy Jr. / Adam Smith (Democratic) 2009 - Present

• Status:
• Colonizers:
• Discovery Date:
• First Probe:
• First Landing:
• Population:

• Status: Colonized/Terraforming
• Colonizers: British Commonwealth, European Union, Soviet Union, United States
• Discovery Date: Antiquity
• First Probe: 1962 (Soviet Union)
• First Landing:
• Population:

• Status: Detente Cold War
• Population: 10,975,799,122
• U.S. Population: 647,556,131

• Status: Colonized
• Colonizers: United States, Soviet Union, China, British Commonwealth, European Union, Japan
• Discovery Date: Antiquity
• First Probe: 1959 (Soviet Union)
• First Landing: 1968 (United States)
• Population:

• Status: Colonized
• Colonizers: United States, Soviet Union
• Discovery Date: Antiquity
• First Probe: 1962 (United States)
• First Landing: 1975 (United States)
• Population: