I just gave up and am just fast-forwarding to see what the game over screen looks like at this point (and also to get an idea of what alien activity looks like for the next run). Mid-December currently, and 6 UFOs on the planet at the same time. How is anyone supposed to deal with that? Although, granted, I guess some could be spawned by bases and whatnot.
I'm playing on Veteran with the Economy Restored mod also running, which might be a tad too much as well. I never increased the starting funds as is recommended with that mod, so I'm giving myself an extra 500k to begin the next run.
EDIT: Began run #2, upped starting cash by about 70k. Ordered 2 new hangars, expanded radar array, and extra labs on day 1 as well as ordering a new base on the other side of the globe. On day 2, 2 UFOs spawn, one of which I'm able to shoot down, the other of which escapes my radar (plus my condors are re-fuelling and re-arming at this point), immediately dropping funding by $30k. =/