Importing AVCHD 720p30 makes 60fps

I'm using a Panasonic HMC40 to shoot 720p30 video clips. When I log and transfer, the clips import fine but they play at twice the speed. When I right-click on a clip in the browser and select item properties it states the video is 60fps. I have Easy Setup set at HDV 720P30. There is no AVCHD 720p option. Anyone know where I'm going wrong? FCE V 4.01

The Specifications/Technical Info page of your camera manual will probably mention it in one sentence.
Most consumer camcorders shot interlaced until recently. Now some of them give the choice of interlaced or progressive.
However, it would be quite complicated to change to true progressive so when put in progressive mode, they simply shoot 2 identical fields per frame which is pretty much the same as 1 field per frame.
The correct name for this system is Progressive Segmented Frames (PSF).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressivesegmentedframe

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