Premiere Elements 2025 deleted video file

Has anyone had Premiere Elements 2025 out right delete one of their video files?  I imported a single clip, was going to trim excess, and export about a 8 second clip.  Made it to export, names the file, and off to the races… or not.  After a few moments, a large Adobe error box popped up (wish I would have screen shotted it now).  Closed the box.  The file preview in the Project Assets panel showed broken.  Went to Windows Explorer, and the original file was GONE.  Completely gone.  Not in the recycle bin at all, and nowhere on the drive.  GONE.  Fortunately, this file wasn’t super important… but it could have been.  It had not yet been backed up because it was a test, but it now has me concerned that PE could do this to any of my files.  Has anyone had this happen?