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FORM 3                         OMB Number..3235-0104
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                UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

            INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

     Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f)
                     of the Investment Company Act of 1940

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person

   Cerrone, Gabriel M.
   265 East 66th Street
   Suite 16G
   New York, New York 10021

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)

   April 19, 2001

3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)


4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

   SIGA Technologies, Inc. ("SIGA")

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)

   (X) Director  ( ) 10% Owner  ( ) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other
   (specify below)

6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)

7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

   (X) Form filed by One Reporting Person
   ( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person*


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 Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned                                                                           |
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1. Title of Security                       |2. Amount of          |3. Ownership    |4. Nature of Indirect                          |
                                           |   Securities         |   Form:        |   Beneficial Ownership                        |
                                           |   Beneficially       |   Direct(D) or |                                               |
                                           |   Owned              |   Indirect(I)  |                                               |
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Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share  |    61,500            |      I         |  By Panetta Partners Ltd. (1)                 |
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*If form is filed by more than one reporting  person,  see Instruction  5(b)(v).                                              (over)
Reminder:  Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.         SEC 1473 (7-96)


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 Table II -- Derivative Securitites Beneficially Owned                                                                             |
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1.Title of Derivative   |2.Date Exer-       |3.Title and Amount     |         |4. Conver-|5. Owner-    |6. Nature of Indirect      |
  Security              |  cisable and      |  of Underlying        |         |sion or   |ship         |   Beneficial Ownership    |
                        |  Expiration       |  Securities           |         |exercise  |Form of      |                           |
                        |  Date(Month/      |-----------------------|---------|price of  |Deriv-       |                           |
                        |  Day/Year)        |                       |Amount   |deri-     |ative        |                           |
                        | Date    | Expira- |                       |or       |vative    |Security:    |                           |
                        | Exer-   | tion    |         Title         |Number of|Security  |Direct(D) or |                           |
                        | cisable | Date    |                       |Shares   |          |Indirect(I)  |                           |
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                        |         |         |                       |         |          |             |                           |
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Common Stock Purchase   |1-31-00  |1-31-05  | Common Stock          | 210,000 |  $1.45   |    I        |  By Panetta               |
Warrant                 |         |         |                       |         |          |             |  Partners Ltd. (1)        |
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Common Stock Purchase   |11-10-00 |11-20-05 | Common Stock          | 303,200 |  $2.00   |    I        |  By Panetta               |
Warrant                 |         |         |                       |         |          |             |  Partners Ltd. (1)        |
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 Explanation of Responses:

(1)   Panetta Partners Ltd. is a limited partnership of which the Reporting
      Person is the sole general partner.


                                               /s/ Gabriel M. Cerrone
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                                               Gabriel M. Cerrone


                                               Date: April 30, 2001
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