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)
Warwick (6 miles north of) · RI, USA
Object behind blimp
Warwick · RI, USA
Circular Object (Fiery?) over Warwick, RI
Block Island · RI, USA
Saw 5 fireballs some in V formation that went out one by one.
Newport · RI, USA
I saw a red fire ball that I thought was a plane on fire coming down diagonally from the sky.it landed in the ocean at first beach in N
Woonsocket · RI, USA
Heard a vibrating sound and looked out the 3rd floor window. Saw a rotating star tetrahedron. It lit up the sky like it was day. Moved
Newport · RI, USA
2 fireball objects changing to triangle objects pulsing orange light flying overhead at purgatory chasm in Newport.
Coventry · RI, USA
Orange balls, flying very fast, seen over Coventry
Cumberland · RI, USA
Lights flying in the sky
Greenville · RI, USA
there was a loud boom and a flash of light
Cranston · RI, USA
2 fireballs, bright white interiors, bright red flaming edges, moved SW across the sky, then disappered one at a time.
Cranston · RI, USA
Bright spheres forming huge triangle.
Pawtucket · RI, USA
((HOAX??)) I had just finished watching a rerun of ghost hunters and i got on my laptop and as usual i go to google.
Riverside · RI, USA
My kids were out side playing when one of them look up to the west and saw a lot of redish Orange orbs in the sky they ran the house to
Woonsocket · RI, USA
Light TECH. that moves stuff,, OUR future [U.S.A.] will have light motion...I told you first!!!
Woonsocket · RI, USA
Orange sphere than blinking lights to slow down craft until stopped. ((anonymous report))
Kingston · RI, USA
Red star weaving back and forth across the sky
Riverside · RI, USA
flying redish orange balls without tails flying down the street at a high rate of speed.
Woonsocket · RI, USA
Orange [large] Ball with invisable stuff
Woonsocket · RI, USA
Large bright fire orange in color,a perfect globe of light
Narragansett · RI, USA
8 witnesses viewed 9 ufo's in the Rhode Island sky.
Warwick · RI, USA
A red circular fire that moved across the sky was seen by 5 people in RI.
Warwick · RI, USA
Orange circular orbs in the sky.
Pawtucket · RI, USA
An object producing a large bright orange glow could be seen in the clear night sky for about one minute. It seemed to hover over us in
Warwick/Coventry · RI, USA
Black bell kiowa sightings over 95
South Kingstown · RI, USA
At approximately this time, I let one of my dogs out into my large fenced and wooded backyard. The night was cold, clear, and many sta