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When word got around that Perry had the slid le, things be- gan to happen. Since then he’s had at least 50 letters and calls about it. One of the letters concerned him greatly. It was from the), National Investigation Com-| mittee on Aerial Phenomena. | The committee had noticed an article about Perry's find in a), Detroit paper. “From past experience with photographic evidence,” the letter continued, “we con- sider it unlikely that you will ever see your picture again.” The letter said NICAP wanted the picture made public. All Perry knew about the whereabouts of the picture was that it was in Air Force hands. The FBI would only say that}. it was in “proper hands,” Per- ry said. So last week Perry wrote to) the President telling him he can’t find out where his slide is and asking assurance that he will get it back. | S97 Tf “The only way I'll be satis: | fied if I don’t get it back is if the Government tells me it’s top secret,” said Perry later. | He has had offers for the’ slide from groups that indicate | they would go into court os gain possession of it from the Government. =, ; For those who Want to buy it, Perry has a stock answer, |“It's not for sale.” l Perry, whose hobby is ex. pensive, admits that some financial gain wouldn’t be a bad id he declared “it I get it back, it’s for ev- erybody.” He said he was in- | formed a national magazine wants to use it, Perry is. co Slide shows so vehicle, He bristled with indignation | when asked if anyone had sug-| gested that the saucer might) help sell pizza. His pizza, he de- |Clared, is its own best niven| | tisement. FiKGy j Perry said it Shouldn’t take an expert long to tell if the Slide is legitimate. The Govy- ernment, he believes, wouldn’ look kindly on a hoax and would make a fool of a person ¥ [trying to fake such a picture. Perry said he did not see the nfident that his me sort of space object through the scope. He was unaware of it until the slide was processed. He does ‘ his own processing, The object, looked as if photographed from the side. It {s surround: | ed by blue-green radiation and has the appearance of being in motion. “Everybody who has con- tacted me about it seems to know more about it than I do,” he commented, Perry said, All these people sounded se- ous, he observed, even the fel- low who called long-distance and said he had ridden in a fly- ing saucer and wanted a pic- ture of one to show his friends. Perry said he didn’t take him seriously, however. Asked if he had advice for| others who Tpight-esme up with a picture of an unidentified flying object, he said: “Yes, make a copy.” ri |