Sequence forced to be letterboxed??

I captured footage as sd widescreen. Now I am editing sequences in sequences and one sequence appears as letterboxing inside letterboxing. Is there a way to correct this without re-editing the sequence? I have already checked "item properties" and all item properties of all captured footage match as sd widescreen. Help?

Please post screenshots of the item properties of the clips and the item properties of the sequence.

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