Scientologists courted Charles Manson, tested him, and said he was Clear.
From Wikipedia: “In 1974, Manson stated his religion was Scientology,and identified as a Scientologist after studying the religion while incarcerated. Manson completed 150 hours of auditing before declaring Scientology “too crazy”.
Think about that one for a minute. Anyway...
NoI=”Mad scientist made white people”. Co$=”People made mad by alien”. So the likely push for the Damned Midget was “Scientist was made crazy by alien so we’re both right!” (and I’m pretty sure I saw this movie on Dialing for Dollars when I was a kid).