Mail Bag: FSR Vol. 28, No. 5

This document consists of a 'Mail Bag' section from the Flying Saucer Review (FSR), Volume 28, Number 5, dated 1983. It features a collection of letters from readers discussing various aspects of the UFO phenomenon. The correspondence covers a wide range of topics, including theological interpretations of UFOs, the influence of popular media like 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' and 'E.T.' on public perception, and the difficulties of obtaining government information through the Freedom of Information Act. One contributor, Malcolm Dickson, discusses the 'demonic' nature of UFO entities through a biblical lens. Another contributor, John A. Keel, argues that major motion pictures have successfully convinced the public that UFOs are benign, thereby undermining the efforts of researchers and the U.S. Air Force. G. Conway writes about the frustration of attempting to access Canadian government files on UFOs, describing the process as 'tokenism' and noting that the files received were largely devoid of significant information. Finally, Julian H. Kaneko discusses the limitations of scientific inquiry regarding the UFO phenomenon, suggesting that physical scientists are ill-equipped to study what he terms 'paraphysical' phenomena, such as the Fátima apparitions. The document serves as a historical snapshot of the discourse within the UFO research community in the early 1980s, highlighting the tension between religious, scientific, and political interpretations of unidentified aerial phenomena.