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When word got around that
Perry had ttu:. _s~things b~­
oan 10 happen. Since then he s
had at least 50 letters and calls
about it.
One o1 the letters concerned
him greatly. It was from the
National
Investigation
Com­
mittee on Aet'ial Phenomena. _
The committee had noticed an ·
article about Perry's find in a 1
Detroit paper.
"From past experience with
photographic evidence," the
Jetter continued, "we con-
Perry, who11e hobby Is ex­
pensive, admits that some
financial pin wouldn't be a
bad id~ he declared
"it I get it back, It's for ev­
erybody." He llAid he was In­
formed a national magazine
wants to use it.
Perry Is confident that his
slide shows some sort o! space
vehicle.
He bristled with indignation
when asked i! anyone had sug­
gested that the saucer might
help sell pizza. His pizza, he de­
clared, is its own best adver­
tisement.
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Perry said It shouldn't take
sider it unlikely that you
an expert long to tell if the
wlll e,·er see your picture
slide is legitimate. The Gov­
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Id
ernment, he believes, wouldn't
again.'' The
e t t e r
sa
look kindly on a hoax and
th
NICAP wanted
e picture
would make a tool o! a person
made public.
' trying to .fake such a picture.
All Perry knew about the
Perry said he did not see the
whereabouts ot the picture was
object through the scope. He
that it was in Air Force hands. ' was unaware of it until the
The FBI would only say that • slide was processed. He does
it was in "proper hands," Per- ' his own processing.
ry said.
So last week Perry wrote to
The
object,
Perry said,
the President telling him he
looked as It photographed
can't find out where his slide
from the side. It 1s surround­
is and asking assurance that he
ed by blue-green radiation
will get it back.
and has the appearance of
being In motion.
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"Everybody who has con­
tacted me about It seems to
"The only way ~•u be s~ti~,
know more about It than I
fied if I don't get it back 1~ '.!
do,'' he commented.
the Government tells me 1ts I
top secret," said Perry later.
All these people sounded se•
He has had oilers tor thel rious, he observed, even the tel­
slide from groups that indicate low who called long-distance
they would go int? court to _and said he had ridden in a fly.
gain possession o.f 1t from the mg saucer and wanted a pie.
Government.""~ ~
ture ot one to show his friends. I
For those who ~nt to buy Perry said he didn't take him
it, Perry has a stock answer: seriously, however.
j"Il's not for sale."
Asked i1 he had actvice .tor
others who lJ1ie.~e 'Up with
, a picture o! an unidentified
; flying object, he said:
,t copy."