[[WMG: Kitz suppressing the evidence is due to direct alien involvement.]]
"Yep, Humanity isn't ready yet" was their report. As a result they notified certain government officials to suppress the evidence for x amount of time, until Humanity is ready for another evaluation.

[[WMG: God created the PortalNetwork.]]
Ellie and Matthew are BOTH right.

[[WMG: The Firstborn (the aliens of ''[[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey 2001]]'') created the PortalNetwork.]]
Long before they AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence.

[[WMG: The Vegans are hideously ugly.]]
Another reason why one of them appear as her dad since they don't want to scare her.

[[WMG: The shimmering dots represent known habitable star systems.]]
Earth is one of them, and the rest are others that also made contact with the Vegans. The Vegan [[spoiler:who took the form of Ellie's dad]] did say that a few chose to respond.

[[WMG: The religious fanatic Joseph is misogynist.]]
He comes from an old school teaching where women are sinful and seductive (e.g. Samson's lover Delilah). His DeathGlare towards Elle is because of his fear that a woman will bring the end of the world from alien contact ("witch summoning demons").

[[WMG: FirstContact created a new religion.]]
The chorus singing "Hail to Vega" in the style of "Hallelujah" is part of a group that believes Jesus was an alien sent to Earth to help humanity.