== UFOS and Vontor == 

 Patrick Moore mentioned on one of his programmes that he started a UFO hoax by falsely claiming that he'd seen one at a certain time and place. He reckoned that at least 50 people later claimed to have seen the same but non-existant UFO.  

 I also seem to remember a series of science fiction novels for the younger reader including the story of the trip to Vontor. The telescopic viewing device in the spaceship seemed to be based on the electron microscope rather than the CCD instrument.