Optical flow rendering clip, computer logged out, missing files

I was creating a video, where some of the clips were on the iMac harddrive and some of them were on an external SeaGate harddrive.  I was waiting for an optical flow rendering of one of the clips and walked away from the computer.  Unfortunately, the computer screen saver came on and logged me out.  When I logged back in, and opened Final Cut, the only clips showing available in the library are those on the iMac.  The SeaGate files briefly appear in the event library only while final cut is loading, but once it completely loads it disappears (and can't be accessed), and all of the clips from there are showing as red "missing file."  Therefore, my video is not there.  Any suggestions on how to get back to where I was before the computer logged out? Or why the SeaGate is not available anymore?

this is what shows in the event library as fcp is loading.
once loaded it changes to this:
Here is the finder showing the seagate drive and one of the clips I used:
i ran disk utility, verify disk, both drives are working properly... all green.

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