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an image that tricks a person's vision
- Some may dismiss what we witnessed that night as an optical illusion, but we firmly believe it was a UFO.
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“Optical illusion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/optical%20illusion. Accessed 30 Jul. 2021.
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The first known use of optical illusion was in 1763
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