In Bethe's account, the possibility of this ultimate catastrophe came up again in 1975 when it appeared in a magazine article by H.C. Dudley, who got the idea from a report by Pearl Buck of an interview she had with Arthur Compton in 1959.
Segundo Bethe, a posibilidade desta catástrofe xurdiu de novo en 1975 cando apareceu nun artigo escrito por H.C. Dudley, quen sacou a idea dun informe de Pearl Buck sobre unha entrevista que lle realizara a Arthur Compton en 1959.