UFO 'Degree' On Alien Life Forms Is Among Free Courses Offered By Edinburgh University

Edinburgh university is offering the chance to study UFOs for free.

Edinburgh university is the first in the UK to offer a selection of free online courses, including one that teaches students about UFOs and the search for extraterrestrial life.

The Scottish institution is to join the Coursera consortium, a US-based organisation set up to provide free higher education taster sessions online.

Among the five week courses open to anyone, is the curious-sounding "Introduction to Astrobiology and the Search for Extraterrestrial Life" tutored by Professor Charles Cockell, the academic who led Project Boreas, which planned and designed a research station for the Martian North Pole.

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