A girl obsessed with UFO’s builds a small device to alert us, when the device goes off during a storm she encounters a strange figure.

"If sighting the alien is the inciting incident, what dramatic question, stated in one sentence, does that raise that the rest of the plot will answer ? or at least hint at an answer?"

Hmm, I'm going to have to say, will she survive.? I don't know if that works, but I'm going to have to re evaluate the script maybe.

If sighting the alien is the inciting incident, what dramatic question, stated in one sentence, does that raise that the rest of the plot will answer -- or at least hint at an answer?

The problem with this concept is a lack of a clear and causally connected goal for the main character. The father angle should be dropped, as the alien plot is more interesting.

Seeing the alien can't be her goal - she achieved it with little obstacle.

Considering the alien plot, what is it she wants after she sees the alien?