Daamn you Final Cut, unknown file error.

Ok, this is it, final cut keeps constantly failing me when it should work perfectly fine. I am pretty sure that I will not come down to a solution but here is the "awesome" issue that I have come across:
In After Effects, I export my footage in the Animation codec (to keep it uncompressed), when I import it in FCP (6.0.2) I get a "File Error: Unknown file" message. There should not be anything wrong with the file, it plays perfectly in Quicktime. This happens to around 50% of the files that I export using the Animation codec.
Is there a kind soul that could help me with this issue? I found someone having the same-ish problem here:
http://forums.creativecow.net/thread/8/967787 (with no solution)

Ok, it appears that you are on something there buddy, when I check the info in QTP, it says that the FPS is 25.26, meanwhile it should be on 29.976
This is very odd, what do you guys think causes this?
Attempting to fix this by:
Exporting in AE with custom 29.976 framerate.
Conforming the frame rate in cinema tools but it doesnt allow me to.
with no luck.
Why cant Cinema Tools conform a file with the Animation codec? I tried conforming the frame rate on a Prores file and it worked perfectly.
Also, could it be the key frame settings in the export window?
Help please!

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