U-2 Spy Planes: What You Didn't Know About Them

Within days of the shoot-down, Dr. Hugh Dryden, director of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), reiterated the agency's May, 1956, statements that the U-2 aircraft was a new research tool for high-altitude atmospheric and meteorological research, flown with the logistical and technical support of the United States Air Force. American Meteorological Society (Publications) Journal of Applied Meteorology Monthly Weather Review Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society NASA technical reports; on Clear Air Turbulence (CAT Project) U.S. Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratory (AFCRL) technical reports; High-Altitude Clear Air Turbulence (HICAT Project) Project Jet Stream Ozone Project U.S. Air Force Geophysical Research Directorate; ? 50 Year Anniversary Retrospective CIA Historical Document; The CIA and the U-2 Program 1954-74 U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency (Defense Nuclear Agency) historical Series (1947-1997) And a couple of science articles found in scientific publications such as Discovery Magazine and Natural History.