A BRIGHT light in the sky above Bournemouth has left some residents scratching their heads.

Photos and videos have been shared of a strange bright light travelling through the sky on Thursday evening.

One resident reported seeing it over Castlepoint shopping centre, and described it as “really bright, flickering and moving slowing before fading out.”

A second Castlepoint shopper reported seeing it and said there were “four large chunks” in the sky shortly before 7pm.

The strange light could also be seen from Southbourne cliff top, with one woman sharing footage of what she described as a “burning object”.

But on viewing the footage, the Met Office has confirmed that the light is “nothing unusual”, and is in fact just an aeroplane.

A Met Office spokesperson said: “It’s moving away, not down to the ground. I think it’s just that it’s further away than the clouds, so the perspective makes it look as though it’s going down but it’s actually moving horizontally.”