Wrong sequence settings...

I have a piece of footage that I retrieved from my Canon XL2, selected an in and out and moved into my sequence. My project has a number of other sequences in it and they have all been fine. The film I selected has also been used in other sequences. Yet, in this sequence it isn't scaled correctly. Sorta like inserting a 16:9 into a 4:3 non anamorphic seq or something.
The really strange part (at least for me) is that I can select an in and out point for the same section of film and drag it down to the same seq but in a new track above the earlier one and it comes in correct. I'm shooting 16:9 24p (same as I always shoot) and I've never had any problem like this before. So I'm a bit confused as to how I might fix it.
I had finished the production of this particular sequence before I realized that it wasn't taking up the entire viewer window and exporting it produces an image that is squeezed and distorted looking. I checked my seq settings and everything appears correct there except that it was originally NOT set as anamorphic for whatever reason. but checking it doesn't see to fix it.
Thanks for any help you might be able to provide.
glenn

Not really seeing that option in the preview window, however, it wouldn't be anything with the preview window for the following reason.
1) When viewing a problem clip, the full width of the widow is filled, but the height portion has black bars at the top and bottom. (this is a problem as it should be filling the entire window.
2) I drag from the same piece of footage, a new video clip down into the time line above my problem clip, and when I click to view it, it displays in the same viewer as it should.
So with no changes to the viewer at all, one clip displays properly and another does not. Both clips come from the same footage and both clips are in the same sequence. I can even drop the newly selected clip in the same timeline as the problem clips and it displays properly. So something is wrong with the clip settings themselves, but I don't see what, or how to fix it.
Thanks,
glenn

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