Duplicate or Blank Photos

Hi,
I downloaded the new Photos app over the weekend and have had my first proper look at it today. I did a full Time Machine backup and separate Documents backup with my pictures included in this second backup.
I appear to have a number of blank photos and duplicate photos in the latest year on the Years view of the Photos section of the app. If I mine down into the pictures to the Moments level they are still there as blanks or duplicates. Metadata looks the same as the photo next to them and if I double click on them the photo appears - when I do this the split view thumbnail is blank for a short while and then flicks up with the same duplicate photo. This all seems very strange - and I do not want to delete the photos for fear of deleting something that I will later regret.
I have also tried to go into Aperture to see if the same problem appears there but none of my photos are visible at all. The entire library is now empty.
Has anybody else had problems with these weird duplicates? Any ideas??

Do you have a backup copy of your iPhoto Library made just prior to upgrading to 10.10.3 and Photos? If so do the following:
1 - restore it
2 - launch iPhoto with the Option key held down
3 - select the library and close iPhoto
4 - relaunch iPhoto with the Command+Option keys held down and apply the following two first aid processed to the library:
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5 - launch Photos with the Option key held down , select, open and convert the rebuild iPhoto library
6 - check to see if the blank thumbnails issue is resolved

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