Thanks brundlefly. Unfortunately, your suggestion did not work, though I believe the answer is in the preference settings. Why would RB midi file be different from the Sonar X3 files???? Aaaararrrrrghhhh!
EVENT LIST has a blue KEY AFTERTOUCH event at the very top. In my preferences, KEY AFTERTOUCH and CHANNEL AFTERTOUCH are not marked. Could this be the problem? Be right back. Nope, that wasn't the problem. (sigh)
EUREKA!!! Save the file as a wav. THEN import into Sonar X3.