What no theory’s as to what’s going on? What this event really is? Ok, here’s my theory. ***Spoiler****I’m going to go out on a limb and say this whole show is about Aliens. Earth was chosen to host a special summit of worlds. The time and place has been chosen ( “The Event”), but Earth isn’t ready to bare the responsibility of such a large task( we are a young and naive people), so a settlement of alien people came here to learn our customs and prepare us, but the wrong people were contacted first… (government ( CIA) and certain religious repressive groups) they hushed it up, imprisoned all the know aliens(some escaped) at the settlement in Alaska and will do what ever it takes to keep this from occurring, even killing the current president( who wants to announce the visitors presence to the people) & the leader of the Alien group and getting their co-conspirator, who’s running the shots... ( the VP) in the Oval office. But little did they know the aliens are not alone, there is also a ship cloaked in our atmosphere which not only protects the planet from outsiders, but also protects us from ourselves. The ship teleports the plane before it crashes. As for the girl and her fiancé…. They were just ponds to get the father (a pilot) to willingly sacrifice himself and fly a plane into the house and kill the president and the leader of the Aliens. The CIA/religious repressive groups covered up the missing girl, so they didn’t create panic and media attention. What do you think…am I close?