The amazing footage was captured on Wednesday evening.

A flaming object – which could be a meteor from space – has been spotted plummeting from the sky and into the ocean off the South Wales coast.The amazing footage was captured by Mark James on Wednesday evening.

He said: “It was about 6.40pm and I was on top of the hill leading up to Penarth town.

“I thought it was a flare from the RNLI.” It is still unclear what exactly the flying object was.