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)
Newport · RI, USA
occuring right now
Providence · RI, USA
Object shaped like a backslash (\) zoomed across downtown Providence sky.
West Warwick · RI, USA
Sighted three white to bluish lights that came to a stationary halt -watched for 15 min. & fell asleep.
Cranston · RI, USA
round golden glowing orb with spike shaped projections
West Warwick · RI, USA
Me and my father's girlfriend were walking back form the store when what we seen what we though was an airplane flying extrmely close t
Providence · RI, USA
Elongated yellowish bar of light which pulsated as it travelled
Wyoming · RI, USA
craft blending in with the stars, visits Rhode Island
Portsmouth · RI, USA
A triangluar craft with blinking lights seemed to be surveying the backroads of Portsmouth and Middletown before it flew away.
Tiverton · RI, USA
Huge, bright light in morning sky. ((NUFORC Note: Sighting of Venus. PD))
Kingston · RI, USA
Pinkish Red Fireball Flash Sighting. ((NUFORC Note: Student report. PD))
Cranston · RI, USA
There were 2 lights in the southern sky, one following the other, then a 3rd light shot from one of them and headed towards the ground.
Little Compton · RI, USA
the object resonded to my flashlight,and flashed colored lights back
Charlestown · RI, USA
UFO darting football field length jumps before skingshoting away
Lincoln · RI, USA
Quickly Growing White Light in Rhode Island
Narragansett · RI, USA
Large, silent, low, gliding craft over the RI shoreline
South Kingstown · RI, USA
Unmarked helicopter
North Kingstown · RI, USA
I live on Annaquatucket rd in NK, RI I was sitting in my room and i heard dogs barking and crying outside my open window. I got up to s
Lincoln · RI, USA
2 large amber lights, 1 blinking light. Hovering & moving rapidly and erratically.
East Providence · RI, USA
Round flying object travelling slowly with lights around the bottom
West Greenwhich · RI, USA
Saw Disc about 40 ft from me, helicopters came and picked it up.
Providence · RI, USA
eggs shape bottom glowing craft
North Kingstown · RI, USA
Flew 50 feet in air, one after another, came back towards us, and then went back into the opposite direction.
Warwick · RI, USA
3 arrow shaped objects brown in color flying in a triangular formation moving very quickly.
Pawtucket · RI, USA
round ball like very bright
Smithfield · RI, USA
Red and Green blinking aircrafts flying fast and low