Empty folders after import

I have started importing a few years of work into AP 1.5.6. Last night I started importing a years worth of images using the same method that worked fine for two other years: Import > Folders into a Project > Store files in their current location.
It seemed to be working fine, so I went to bed and let it run. However, this morning Aperture was shut down and when I restarted it I found that almost all of the folders and albums that had been created were empty. Very few images had been imported even though folders and albums had been created based on the directory structure on my firewire drive.
So what should I do now? Should I delete the project and start over, or is there a better way to handle this?
Thanks very much,
Andrew

I tried deleting the project and re-importing, but the same thing happened again. The first time it imported about 400 images, but this time it made it to 2447. I watched it until it went well past 400 and it seemed to be fine, so I wasn't watching when when it stopped and shut down. Every other year I've imported has worked fine, so I assume there must be some problem files somewhere in this "2005" directory.
Any idea what could be causing the problem and what I should be looking for?
Thanks,
Andrew

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