Revealed: The story behind the 'meteor' seen in the sky over Penarth

When footage emerged on Wednesday evening appearing to show a dramatic fireball in the skies over Penarth, theories ranged from a meteor to a hoax.

The end of October is marked by the Orionid meteor shower - but others thought there might be more to it.

It has now been revealed that the 'meteor' was in fact part of artist Mark James' work for the Cardiff Contemporary Visual Art festival.

Mark took inspiration from the 1977 Voyager golden record - a 'time capsule' intended to show extraterrestrials what life on Earth was like.

The disc contained images and sound recordings and was attached to the two Voyager spacecraft in the hope of making contact with other intelligent life forms.

Mark said he hoped the project might encourage people to reflect on the state of Earth and how potential other life forms might view it, particularly in relation to war and pollution.