Imported photos have error

in Lightroom 1.4 running on Mac OS X v10.5 importing from Olympus E-510,
Out of 113 photos imported, 2 photos have an error in that the whole photo is imported but these 2 photos also have the quarter-size version of the photo in upper left corner. I have deleted these photos and re-imported them and they have the same error. The camera shows the pictures correctly. They are 3648x2736 JPGs.

These 2 erroneous imports were taken a few minutes apart - but they were not adjacent photos - they were taken about 9 shots apart. They have the same resolution. There are numerous other photos taken at the same time that import correctly. All the images are in the 5-7 Mb range - these photos are not the biggest or smallest.
Experiment: I deleted (from library and disk) the 2 erroneous photos. I re-imported them by putting the compact flash card in an external reader (so Olympus E-510 is uninvolved with the import). They came in with the same error. I would note that the preview of the imported images briefly showed correctly and then when the import completely finished - the error showed up.
When I view the JPGs with Preview, the images look fine.
I cannot figure out *anything* about these 2 files that is different from all the others. I will retain the photos if you want copies.

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