Heavy bug in iMovie '09?

Hey everybody!
Today, I've received my iLife '09 package. The first thing I wanted to check out was iMovie '09. During my tests, I think I've found a big bug. It would be nice, if someone could verify this.
1. Create a new project (I did it on an external hard drive, connected through USB)
2. Click the camera button, switch to manual and press the Import button and create a new event on the external hard drive and capture (a few seconds will suffice).
3. Hit stop if you haven't done so already, and click finish. Now you should see your clip just the way you expected it.
4. Now delete the whole clip and do a right click on the event, and tell iMovie to trash the rejected files.
5. Finally, trash them from the real trash.
6. Go back to iMovie and click again the camera button. Make sure you're still on manual and click import. Now select the already existing event, and go ahead capturing. Again, a few seconds will suffice.
7. Click stop and finish. Now you may notice your clip is grayed and has a little yellow exclamation mark at the left bottom. You may also experience bad video and bad audio.
Anyone able to reproduce this? I initially thought it was my hardware, but if I select a new event to capture, it works just fine. Or if I delete the event and create a new one with the same name, no problem.
My hardware used in the tests:
Camera: Sony HandyCam Vision CCD-TRV27E PAL (analogue)
Adapter: Canopus ADVC 110
External Hard Drive: WD My Book Studio Edition 1TB
Regards,
Crash_ZeRo
~I'm not responsible for any damage that might result.~

I'm curious, I'll give your steps a try!
Believe what you have found is still a "bug" and "cleaning house" manually is merely a "workaround."
What media format does your camcorder record to, is it Hi8?
HC3 listed is a MiniDV/HDV camcorder. Also have a TRV520 which is Hi8/Digital-8.
What happens if on Step #6, you create a new Event instead of reusing the old event?.. How about following all your steps but importing to the Boot Drive instead of the External Drive?
Creating a new event or accessing a different Event not modified by a "destructive" deletion does not set up a conflict between the physical contents of the Event, what the application still thinks is in the Event based on its initialization scan, and the importation of a new file having the same name as the now non-existent file you just deleted.

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