This is pure hallucination. He was apparently having lucid dream. It's like claims by people who, during their sleeps, experience abduction by aliens. As they naivety takes over, they believe it's real. We can't prove something from a claim.

Science is evidence-based. Not faith-based. You don't need to be a scientist to believe in science. You don't need to hear those stories to believe in science. You

Religion was first created for morality. Kings always lie and torture their people. If they don't believe in god, it would be chaos. But it is because they were not educated properly. Today, people are not only educated academically, but morally. We don't need religion to have these moral values anymore. Religion also has its downs. To prove that god is almight, poweful deity, you must believe that he created the world. This causes trouble to science. You will also clash with other religions. So in my opinion, religion provides morality but now, people are already educated morally too. So religion is not exactly necessary.