Richard Bissell

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Richard Bissell (1909–1994) was a CIA officer who served as Deputy Director for Plans (covert operations) and oversaw the development and early operations of the U-2 high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft program. He appears in the archive in the CIA history of the U-2 and OXCART programs, which notes that U-2 flights accounted for a large proportion of UFO reports in the late 1950s and 1960s.

Appears in articles

• 1954-1974CIA

  The CIA and Overhead Reconnaissance: The U-2 and OXCART Programs, 1954–1974