In 1997, a Few Members of Heaven's Gate, a Religious

In 1997, a few members of Heaven's Gate, a religious cult, bought a telescope to view a comet. They returned the telescope a few days later and said that it was faulty because there was no spaceship behind the comet. This action:

A) is not consistent with cognitive dissonance theory
B) is consistent with cognitive dissonance theory because this is an external justification
C) is consistent with cognitive dissonance theory because it is an internal justification
D) produced more cognitive dissonance in the cult followers