Hmmm. Seems to me that if "aging 1977ers" say it happened then there might be some credence to the claim. Out of the mouth of two or three witnesses let a thing be established.
But this is getting way off topic. I know there is no "Official" release of the film but where can I find a decent copy of a fan made version? I have all the scenes and could hack and slash them together myself but by the time I got it completed it would look worse than Jake Lloyd or Hayden Christensen trying to act.