[Joe Brower]

There was a book written in 1966 about this supposed event, "The Interrupted Journey", by John G. Fuller.

This whole story was completely debunked by Carl Sagan in his 1995 treatise, "The Demon Haunted World."

[RoosterRedux]

Debunked by Carl Sagan? Heheh, right.

[RoosterRedux]

Poor Carl Sagan let his love of the limelight blind him to his own confirmation bias.

It is very UNscientific to set out to prove (or debunk) an event or theory because your own bias is going to amplify confirming evidence and obscure evidence that doesn't.

This is what leads scientists today to bemoan the fact that research nowadays is mostly bogus because it is funded by the government for the purpose of proving or disproving a theory or hypothesis instead of merely looking for the truth (whatever it may be). In other words, scientists get grants to give the funder of their work what they paid for. Otherwise, they would be out of business shortly.

COVID has pulled the curtain back on the state of research in the scientific world today.

It can't be trusted because it isn't objective out of the gate.