FCP giving a vertical stretch to Quicktime file with matching seq. settings

I created a moving background that contains a logo in After Effects and rendered it out as a Quicktime movie with the DV/NTSC 720 x 480 settings. The file looks great when I open it in Quicktime. However, when I import it in to my Final Cut sequence, it's stretching slightly...enough to distort the logo. My FCP sequence setting is the DV/DVCPRO preset. 720 x 480.
Any idea why it's doing this? If I go in to "distort," I can adjust the aspect ratio to look normal, but then I have a black letterbox look.
Thanks in advance for any advice.
Using FCP version 6.0.6

Sounds like After Effects was set to square pixels (pixel aspect). Look for the 0.9 pixel aspect setting or export as 720x540 square pixels.

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