Some objects can't be selected when cloned (option drag) CS5

Hi There,
Several times in CS5, I've noticed that some objects disappear or can't be selected after they've been copied or cloned.
I can't work out if the issues are related but I did notice that objects which disappear seem to have something to do with reordering automatically in the layers palate. For example, after copying or cloning, an object will move under an object even though it wasn't under it before copying.
As for not being able to select objects, I currently have a line which I can't select after I optioned dragged it to a new location. At first I thought it had gone under another object as per the issues above but after hitting Command Y, I can see it but can't select it.
Have triple checked that the line isn't locked - is there another command I might've hit that might lock an object or stop it from being edited?
Anyway, all suggestions welcome!
Cheers
Ben

Can anyone explain to me what is happening or how I can avoid having these adjacent objects show up on this file? I don't want to open and close each single artboard file because I have hundreds of them.
Looks like that file got corrupt.
Copy the one object from the problem file into a new file.
Then delete the problem file.

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