IPhoto unable to import photos

When iPhoto first comes up, i get two messages that say that there are two photos that were not imported from the library. I tried selecting "do not import" and also "import" but they are never imported even though they say that they were put in the recovery Album ( which is empty and I keep deleting them) Also get a warning that one .mpg file is not supported. Can't get rid of either of the messages from coming up. the .MPG file has been removed from my computer.

Close iPhoto, open your iPhoto library package with the Finder as shown in this screenshot:
Look inside the Auto Import folder for any files that might be there.  If there are move them to the Desktop. Do not make any other changes. Launch iPhoto and see if the messages are gone.
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