After the initial problem with the test group players the number of aliens required was reduced and the event rolled out to many more players but since then the reports of missing aliens have come in more and more @FluffyDinosaur
I have seen this happen in my own game now as well. Here is my screenshot:
As you can see the order of six aliens is no long achievable at this point. This event definitely does not work right. Any player who tries to pass the harder versions of these levels by using boosters and/or the super charger still finds that there are not enough aliens to pass. This level has this starting board if played without boosters:
There is even an extra alien embedded in the board, but this is not enough to fix the glitch!
Please could you feed this back to the team. This event should be removed from the game or they should all have starting boosters locked. Playing without boosters seems to be the only way to definitely get enough aliens to pass.