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When word got around that Perry had the slide, 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. tus 7 “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} Perry, whose hobby is ex- pensive, admits that some financial gain wouldn’t bea bad ide itt he declared “it I get it back, it’s for ey- erybody.” He said he was in- | formed a national magazine wants ‘to use it. Perry is. confident that his Slide shows some sort of space | vehicle, i He bristled with indignation! when asked if anyone had sug-| gested that the saucer might) help sell pizza. His pizza, he de- jclared, is its own best adver- |tisement. i hae Perry said it shouldn't take an expert long to tell if the Slide is legitimate. The Gov. ernment, he believes, wouldn’t 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 Jobject ‘through the scope. He was unaware of it until the slide was processed. He does his own processing. The object, Perry said, looked as if photographed from the side. It fs 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, All these People sounded se- nous, he observed, even the fel. low who called long-distance slide from groups that indicate they would go into court to gain possession of it from the Government. Putittioss: tb tpoant: to buy it, Perry has a stock answer: |*It's not for sale.” 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 ri. 1 Up with a picture of an unidentified | {flying object, he said: