Aperture 3.3.1 Import fails on hard drives, but not SD cards (bug??)

After countless hours of research and attempting the A3: Troubleshooting Basics (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3805), I have found a weird bug that I can reproduce.
If you import images, the import window will show some folders on a hard drive (and the corresponding images inside them) and not others. These exact images are viewable on an SD card. When clicking on a folder, it says "Loading Assets" for a second and then shows nothing. It doesn't matter what brand of camera, when the photos are taken, which hard drive. (Import is set to not exclude anything either).
I have tried the entire Troubleshooting Basics guide (creating a new library, using the first aid tools, deleting preferences, even a fresh install A3). I even tried different hard drives (all Mac formatted and have worked with Aperture before). Lastly, I even tried my other Macs with fresh copies of A3.3.1.
The final test was rolling back. I deleted all the old Aperture files (app, plists, etc...) and loaded Aperture 3.1 Trial that I had laying around. Surprisingly, it found the images as normal. However, once the AppStore updated to 3.1.1.... same behavior.
Any suggestions?

It was just a coincidence Sorry, iTunes!
The problem was, that a broken file on my Desktop messed up the Import panel.
As soon as I add a certain empty PDF file with the name "119435-45-55 [6L].pdf" to my Desktop, strange things will happen with the Import panel on all three of my Macs running MacOS X 10.9.3 and Aperture 3.5.1. It took me a while to identify the file, because Aperture does show the filename as empty and does not show a preview.
The Import window will be messed up -
missing icons from the Toolbar and Import settings pane,
the File Chooser will be empty,
the busy indicator will show "Loading assets", and the Activity Window "Building Thumbnails"
The thumbnail of the corrupted file will be empty and the filename is showing as empty,
When I switch to list view, all text will be upside down as shown in my original post.
The problem is not caused by the brackets in the filename; if I rename the file, Aperture is still acting up. The file cannot be opened in Preview either.

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