Aspect ratio of imported clip

Hello,
When I import a clip (Apple Pro Res HD 1280x720, 25p) into FCPX I do not have a correct aspect ration. The image is a 4/3 ratio into 16/9 ratio.
I have not this problem in FCP7, all aspect ratio are correct.
Have you an idea how to edit this correctly into FCPX?

The aspect in QT7 is ok but when I open the same file with QTX it looks like in FCPX... :-/
QT7:
QTX:

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