Shortly after I got my first pair of glasses (I was 7), I woke up at night and looked out the window to see the night sky FILLED with big luminous globes of light. I was convinced it was an alien invasion until I put my glasses on to see better and realized they were stars.
A childhood belief about outer space

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that people who wore glasses were blind and could only see when they had their glasses on. Anon
- Strangers in the night, exchanging glasses...
well I was only young at the time!— ..maz.. - I used to think that Stevie Wonder was Ray Charles son. Must have been the glasses....— beatrix
- I used to believe that if you were blind you could wear glasses and you'd be able to see again— Jane
- I used to believe that people who wear glasses did had a second brain!— Onessa
- I used to believe that people who wore glasses were very smart.— Anonymous