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/West Greenwich · RI, USA
2 missile shaped objects in broad daylight. 95 SOUTH EXIT 7. They were moving extremely slow or not at all. Was not a plane.
East Greenwich · RI, USA
Three bright white lights in a triangular shape - with a red pulsing light at the rear moving over highway - LOW
Westerly · RI, USA
Low flying jet like sound followed by a long sighting of three color lighted object hovering.
Providence · RI, USA
lights over providence
Providence · RI, USA
A bright light in the sky croosing the sky of Providence pulling with it small and big clouds with out sound.
West Warwick · RI, USA
several flying objects surrounding one bright light that moves in different directions. ((NUFORC Note: Jupiter in E sky?? PD))
Newport · RI, USA
Dark stationary object w/ no lights; some type of stat. undercarriage. ((NUFORC Note: Report from Air Traffic Controller. PD))
Cranston · RI, USA
Pulsating white, red, geen light in the Western Sky of Rhode Island. ((NUFORC Note: Sighting of star. PD))
Newport · RI, USA
UFO photo sighting
Providence · RI, USA
Star slides to left in sky, then Disappears
South Kingstown · RI, USA
Stationary gray cylinder slowly accelerates, turns white, then opaque, and disappears.
South Kingstown · RI, USA
Odd chemtrail and jet formation over souther Rhode Island
Charlestown · RI, USA
Strange aircraft again over southern Rhode Island
Greenville · RI, USA
orange lights over Greenville RI started in formation then disappeared from sky very weird
Warwick · RI, USA
bright light hovering over the warwick mall
Warwick · RI, USA
this is not a sighting report but perhaps a clarification of an event that occured on the night of April 10, 2010 in which a UFO was re
Westerly · RI, USA
Object flying along side an airplane disappeared into the clouds, emerged 5 minutes later and flew southwest.
South Kingstown · RI, USA
Jet-like craft with loud noise and strange lights in over southern RI
South Kingstown · RI, USA
Jet-like objects again over southern Rhode Island
South Kingstown · RI, USA
This morning at 11am I again heard the now familiar jet-like sound of an approaching craft. I went outside to see a low flying jet of
Pawtucket · RI, USA
Hovered over Pawtucket, RI and had red flashing lights at the bottom
Providence · RI, USA
saucer with red and blue lights over providence, RI
North Smithfield · RI, USA
I was watching the sky like I always do on a clear night because you can always see what appear to be stars riding along the night sky.
Providence · RI, USA
I ran across information that seems to explain the beams. ((NUFORC Note: Missile launch. PD))
North Smithfield · RI, USA
I was looking up at the stars and all of the sudden a giant circle was right in front of my eyes. ((NUFORC Note: Missile launch. PD))