Aperture albums are empty

I have been using Aperture for quite a while, and I have a persistent problem. I organize my photos as follows:
Folder
|
|_____> Project
|
|_____> Album
For some reason, after some time (I've not paid attention to how long), the photos in my albums no longer appear. When I hover the mouse over the album name, it says there are no versions.
Typically, the photos in the album are those that I want to or have published - they are my favorites of the entire Project, which contains all of the originals.
Any ideas on why this might be happening or ways to fix it are appreciated. These are not Smart Albums.
I'm on a MacBook Pro, OS 10.9.4 using Aperture 3.5.1 (though I think this predates both this MacBook Pro and this version of the software).
Thank you!

If the image is moved out of the project it is in the image will no longer be in the album. Even if you move the image back to the original project it will not appear in the album unless you place it there again.
Tht's one possibility. Without more info it's tough to come up with others. Have you tried the basic troubleshooting steps, doing a library repair, when the symptoms occur?
Try to keep track of when it happens (if it does happen again) and what was going on with Aperture at the time.
regards

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