Aperture repair database deleted all files

Hi Everyone!
I was trying to open an old Aperture database that I haven't used in a while, so Aperture told me it would need to update the Library. When it proceeded, however, it told me that it couldn't open the .aplibrary, so I opened it with cmd+alt pressed, selected Repair permissions, and then, Repair database. That's when the fit hit the shan: Aperture opened something right away, and it's a library with the correct name - although completely empty. No pictures, no folders, no projects, nothing.
I immediately freaked out and closed Aperture, and took a look at the library file: it shrunk from some 60GB to 800MB. Looking inside, there are no more masters anymore. The free space on the hard drive, however, remains about the same, so it appears that the data itself is still there.
Unfortunately, I do not have a backup of that old library (I'm still beating myself up about that!), so here's my question: what to do next? Is it possible that Aperture replaced the old library folder with the new, empty one, and hid the old one somewhere in the file system?
Any help is greatly appreciated!
Dorian

My similar horror story had a good ending after all, and maybe this will help someone else.
I connected my iphone to the MacBookPro and fired up Aperture to import photos.
Aperture said it needed to upgrade the database, and I said fine.
It said there was an error and I would need to hold Option + Command and restart Aperture, and do the "Repair Database" option.
I did.
Aperture then opened to a brand new, empty Aperture library. All projects gone, and all images gone.
I searched, came here, tried everything, to no avail.
At this point I called Apple. They graciously initiated 90 days of complimentary support for Aperture, and helped me.
While I could not locate a single Aperture library on my harddrive using the Finder method, combined with a "show hidden files" option... the Apple support agent guided me to search for them using Aperture itself:
In Aperture: File > Switch to Library > Other/New
We found that my old library had apparently been moved (no doubt by me, during an accidental drag and drop) into a subfolder of my Pictures folder. That was the reason why, when Aperture was being started, the lack of a library in the usual location (root of the Pictures folder) caused it to create a new one, which was, of course, blank.
The above step (in Aperture: File > Switch to Library > Other/New) not only revealed the other library that contained all the old files, but it also revealed the location of it (scan near the bottom of the dialog box).
He had me open it to verify all the pics were still there.
All I had to do was close Aperture, then drag and drop it from the subfolder back to the root folder (Pictures) and I was back in business.
It does not sound like your situation is the same as mine, but this is something to consider.

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