UFO Sightings in Rhode Island
570 UFO sightings reported in Rhode Island since 1944, peaking in 2012 (49 reports); most often described as light.
- Total sightings
- 570
- Span
- 1944–2022
- Peak year
- 2012 (49 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Light
1944–2022 · peak 2012 (49 reports)
Top cities in Rhode Island
Warwick
1975–2021 · peak 2015 (5 reports)
Providence
1981–2020 · peak 2013 (5 reports)
Cranston
1975–2021 · peak 2012 (5 reports)
South Kingstown
1944–2021 · peak 2010 (5 reports)
Pawtucket
1974–2021 · peak 2015 (4 reports)
Woonsocket
1999–2020 · peak 2012 (7 reports)
Leeds (UK/England)
1975–2011 · peak 2001 (3 reports)
Coventry
1966–2019 · peak 2012 (5 reports)
North Kingstown
1989–2021 · peak 1997 (2 reports)
Newport
1970–2021 · peak 2008 (3 reports)
North Providence
1996–2020 · peak 2013 (5 reports)
Johnston
1996–2019 · peak 2014 (3 reports)
Narragansett
1965–2020 · peak 2015 (3 reports)
Cumberland
2001–2021 · peak 2017 (3 reports)
East Providence
1979–2022 · peak 2015 (3 reports)
Westerly
2002–2021 · peak 2020 (3 reports)
Wakefield
2003–2019 · peak 2008 (2 reports)
Charlestown
1964–2020 · peak 2000 (2 reports)
Smithfield
1982–2020 · peak 2020 (2 reports)
West Warwick
2000–2019 · peak 2000 (1 reports)
Coventry · RI, USA
A light over Rhode Island for more than 10 days. ((NUFORC Note: If the time is p.m., we suspect Venus. PD))
North Providence · RI, USA
Read above. ((NUFORC Note: We wonder whether the object might have been in the SW sky, therefore, Venus. PD))
North Providence · RI, USA
Bright, white, low object split second gone.
Coventry · RI, USA
Bright white light travels across the night sky and vanishes.
Lincoln · RI, USA
Two white dots crossing paths around Lincoln and Providence RI.
Woonsocket · RI, USA
Bright light.
Woonsocket · RI, USA
A flashing triangular object hovering in sky with white beaming lights and body changing color.
North Providence · RI, USA
Bright greenish blue circular disc object moving over head leaving a white trail behind it.
Coventry · RI, USA
Driving on the road the car in front of me pulled to the sholder, I looked up to the sky to see 5 circular shaped lights in a crescent.
Warwick · RI, USA
Silent orange lights in formation.
West Warwick · RI, USA
Bright orange fireball with 300 meter trail.
Warwick · RI, USA
It looked like a star but moved in various directions.. that a plane could not do. we realized it was moving because it was between two
Hopkinton · RI, USA
I went to let my dogs out and have a smoke. The moon was bright, high above my yard and the sky was clear, I could see all of the stars
Johnston · RI, USA
4 objects seen in upper atmosphere maneuvering at high speed then up out of sight!
Charlestown · RI, USA
White cylinder with orange flames hovering at rooftop height.
Woonsocket · RI, USA
A bright red circle/light/fireball in the sky that didn't blink and suddenly disappeared.
Woonsocket · RI, USA
Orange orb moving in the sky silently.
Cranston · RI, USA
I pulled into work last night and realized my co worker, and a few people from the restaurant next to ours were staring at the sky. I g
North Providence · RI, USA
Red sphere at a Fireworks display in Rhode Island 2013
North Providence · RI, USA
Unknown red ball object in the sky near fireworks display.
Providence · RI, USA
UFO Stuck within a Storm Cloud
Pawtucket · RI, USA
Light in sky above pawtucket ri
Pawtucket · RI, USA
Round hovering objent with bright colored lights
Woonsocket · RI, USA
A UFO was sighted flying over a school in Woonsocket RI.
Exeter · RI, USA
Two diamond shaped objects flying just above tree line, odd movement and light color