It was the summer of 1965, and Bud was freshly fifteen years old when he experienced a dreadful adventure few people have imagined. The instant he told my family and friends, he ran into a wall of disbelief. Today, a half century later, he still finds none who believe his close encounter of the fourth kind. Bud has lived his entire adult life with the memory of this incident. Did it change the direction or outcome of his life? Probably. He believes The time has come to tell his story to all who will read it. People have a right to know this goes on in our universe. The readers can judge for themselves. You can enjoy this story even if you do not believe this story is true. Bud said it was not an adventure for him at first because of the danger he faced in never returning home. But it came to be an adventure as he grew older and relived it in his memory. His adventure can be your adventure if it is only in your imagination and you don't really believe that all this happened to him.