FCP X changes my framerate.... ???

I have 2 videofiles XDCAM EX 720 50p and one Audiofile.
I created a Multiclip with all 3 and the Multiclip comes up as 60p.
I checked the original footage, it is 50p
I checked the footage in the viewer in FCPX and it says it is 60p... When I tell it to reveal it in the finder and open the revealed file in Quicktime it is 50p...
Huh???
does anybody have any clue what is going on? am I doing something wrong?
any help would be much appreciated.

Try manually creating a new project and setting it manually to 50p... Then drag in the clips...
Sometimes when FCPx creates a project "based on first clip" it gets it wrong

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