Aperture 3 image import question

I'm trying out a trial version of Aperture 3, and have a (hopefully) quick question about importing images.
I keep my images on a network storage drive.  When I imported them into Aperture, the program seemed to copy the files from the NAS to the Aperture library on the Mac's HD.  I don't want it to do that.  Lightroom, on my Windows box, has the option to just reference the file's location when importing.  It leaves the images where they are, and references the location in its database.  Is there a way to get Aperture to do the same thing?  I want my raw files to be accessible to any machine on the network, not stored locally.
Thanks.

No reason to guess .
Most of the default Metadata Overlays show Badges.  Aperture uses different badges to indicate whether an image's Master is Managed or Referenced, and if Referenced, what the status of the Master is.  What badges are you shown?
Also, right-click an image.  If "Show in Finder" is in the pop-up menu, the image's Master is Referenced.  If it is, select "Show in Finder" and see what happens.  You'll either get a message containing the Master's path, or you'll get a Finder window showing the Finder folder containing the Master.

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