In a recent article in this journal, Gogel (1980) argued from two experiments that motion parallax is a result of perceptual underestimation of depth between objects. Gogel also made the more far-reaching assertion that, without some perception of distance, the perception of motion would be impossible. In the present paper, we (1) challenge Gogel's conclusions about motion parallax, (2) criticize his assumption that distance perception is required in perceiving motions, and (3) consider implications for his previous attempts to infer apparent distance from measures of apparent motion (e.g., Gogel, 1977).