Lightroom 5 keeps changing my NEF-RAW Files to .dng files upon import

I am currently using a Nikon D7100 and recording my photos in the Raw/NEF-RAW format. Recently, whenever I am uploading my photos to Lightroom 5, my photos are changing to .dng files rather than staying in the NEF file. When I go and look back at my previous imports from the past few times, they are in NEF and NOT in .dng. Why is this doing this and how do I turn this feature off so that my files remain the same going from my camera to my computer through importation. Thanks!
-Andrew Gacom

When you are importing your files, do you have the "Copy As DNG" option selected in the top-centre of your import screen?

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