When I was about 5, my brother told me that clouds didn't move. They just looked like they were moving because the Earth was rotating.
A childhood belief about outer space

others believed things like this
- When looking at the clouds and seeing them move I use to think it was the world rotating beneath.— Andy
- When I looked up in the sky and could see the clouds moving I used to think that it was the earth spinning.— JOhn
- When I was about 4 and I saw the clouds moving sideways, I thought that Earth was moving closer to the Sun— Helen
- I used to believe that when I saw the clouds moving in the sky, that it was actually the earth moving. — Megan Gilbert
- When I saw that the clouds were moving in the sky, I thought it was because of the rotation of the earth.Anon
- I used to believe that I was the only one who could see the clouds move.— christie