Sequence not conforming to clip settings

I am struggling trying to set up a sequence for some Sony Ex1 footage. We shot at 720p 60f/s. Using XDcam transfer we now have Quicktime movs with the following details...
dimensions: 1280 x 720, codecs: XDCAM EX 720p25 (35Mb/s VBR) Integer (Big Endian) Timecode, Original format: MPEG HD
Is this still a delivery format? When I cant seem to match the sequence to these clips. I have the conform sequence option set to 'ask' but I am not given the option. Am I better off converting to prores HQ or am I missing something blindingly obvious?
any help appreciated
cheers Jimmy

It won't ask to change the sequence settings to a delivery format. It will only change them to an editing format. If you want to edit this footage, you'll have to log and transfer the MPEG HD footage to a FCP friendly format.

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