Trouble in archiving or importing from Flash Card

I shoot with a Sony Z5, recording to tape and compact flash card at the same time. When I connect the card through the card reader I can open files in the Finder (I note the native files are M2T files} and view them but when I open FCPX, evoke Media Import and try to 'Create Archive' nothing happens because all the files are showing, but greyed out, and 'Create Archive' is also greyed out. If I try to Import any of these files to FCPX by establishing an Events Folder, I can't because, again, the files are listed greyed out and can't be selected for import. So the question is: What are the steps for importing or creating an archive of files on a Compact Flash card, please? I am running Mountain Lion with a 27" 2.66Ghz, Quad core iMac with 1 x 3Tb, 1x 1.5 Tb, 1x 1Tb plus 1 x 75 0Gb Ext Hds
Thanks to all who can help
James

Thanks Tom - I suspected that the case would be "FCPX does not support files recorded on a Flash card - ah, well ..... back to FCE - or - a new camera
Thanks for your help.

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Phil,
PhilipCWells wrote:
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Date/Time:
2012-05-23 08:12:54 +0200
OS Version:
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Architecture:
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Report Version: 7
Command:
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