# Richard M. Bissell, Jr.

> Richard Mervin Bissell Jr. was an American Central Intelligence Agency officer responsible for major projects such as the U-2 spy plane and the Bay of Pigs Invasion. The journalist Annie Jacobsen said he was referred to by many as "the mayor of Area 51" due to his close involvement in turning that Nevada salt flat into a top-secret U-2 testing facility.

*American spy (1909-1994)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Academic ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Academics
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1909-09-18
- **Died:** 1994-02-07
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Richard Mervin Bissell Jr. was an American Central Intelligence Agency officer responsible for major projects such as the U-2 spy plane and the Bay of Pigs Invasion. The journalist Annie Jacobsen said he was referred to by many as "the mayor of Area 51" due to his close involvement in turning that Nevada salt flat into a top-secret U-2 testing facility.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 49.3 / 100
- **Momentum:** 7.2 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 5.6 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 40.1 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 35.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7327531)

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