[Brett66]

Russia has successfully fabricated this compound using “ultra high pressure technology,” Cohen explained. “You knock all these electrons out so it’s not the same atom.

It didn't take too long for him to show his ignorance of nuclear physics. This is an urban legend.

[Fred Mertz]

Can you be more clear on why you declare Cohen's comments an urban legend? TIAdvance.

[LiveFree99]

I would probably dismiss the existence of red mercury except for the assertions of Sam Cohen. Creator of the neutron bomb, he was one of our top nuclear physicists. At this stage in his life, what motivation could he have for spreading some silly hoax?

Senility is a possibility, but he seems to be quite alert and consistent in interviews.