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)
Exeter · RI, USA
unusual light in sky
Newport · RI, USA
11-16-04 On this night both the anniversary of my fathers death and the birth of my grandfather I had an intense UFO experience. While
Providence · RI, USA
Two Oval/Egg shaped objects over Providence sky
Providence/Warwick · RI, USA
Colorful lights seen over Providence/Warwick-did you see this? ((NUFORC Note: We suspect Venus. PD))
Matunuck · RI, USA
12-15 golden-white lights equally spaced, unmoving, about a mile from the shore out in the ocean
Johnston · RI, USA
ufo over rhodeisland the real deal .
Cranston · RI, USA
Saw a formation of crescent-shapped objects over suburban neighborhood.
Scituate · RI, USA
Light, moving up down and left to right ((Possibly Jupiter??))
Westerly · RI, USA
black triangle over chopper and house in RI
North Kingstown · RI, USA
blurry bar of light in western sky ((NUFORC Note: Missile launch from Cape Canaveral. PD))
South Kingstown · RI, USA
Cigar shaped object flashes twice
North Kingstown · RI, USA
object came down from clouds and moved around general area of my back yard, then went off in same manner it came in.
Pawtucket · RI, USA
The aircraft was hovering in the sky and then another one came and got next to it and they jsut dissapeared
West Warwick · RI, USA
IT WAS A CLEAR NIGHT AND A EGG SHAPED OBJECT WITH A LUMUNOUS GLOW BEHIND IT WENT HORIZONTALLY ACROSS THE SKY FROM WEST TO EAST
Harrisville · RI, USA
light shoots straight arcross sky in about 5 seconds
Interstate-95 · RI, USA
Bright light in sky over CT
Glocester · RI, USA
Small black object moving through woods.
Cranston · RI, USA
Loud noise like a jet engine that went off and on for an hour making strange sounds.
Coventry · RI, USA
a triangle formation of crafts
South Kingstown · RI, USA
Loud explosion heard along southern Rhode Island coast.
Wakefield · RI, USA
Large triangular object flying fairly low over Route 1 in wakefield Rhode Island on Halloween. 4 large white lights.
North Kingstown · RI, USA
I watch for satelites and this night I saw what appeared to be 3 flying in an irregular triangle formation in the Northeast sky at abou
Narragansett · RI, USA
Diamond Shape object with a yellowish orange glow or aura around it.Pitch black
Atlantic Ocean · RI, USA
Ufo sighting 17 miles into the atlantic ocean
coventry · RI, USA
energy wings that took up the whole sky breaking into three small white lights and jetting off- no sound what so ever