You mean confirmation bias. I don’t have any belief systems whatsoever - I just tend to err towards “highly improbable until proven impossible” with all things.

And I didn’t want to see something that has made me question my sanity for five years...!

I'll share that I had an encounter that seemed unnatural/impossible and I wasn't alone at the time. It also was reported in our local paper the following day. I contentiously (regardless of the experience) have never and do not believe in aliens.

Would you mind to share what your impossible encounter was like? Did the paper report something else (like the Daily Mail reporting on a helicopter as the cause)?