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)
Woonsocket (North Smithfield) · RI, USA
Square aircraft with lights hovering
Central Falls · RI, USA
4 star like circles together. 3 of the objects started moving away in a straight line at very high speeds. The 4th light moved slowly i
Warren · RI, USA
softball sized white orb, moving very fast.
North Providence · RI, USA
On Sunday 9/1/19 approximately 2:00am, I was driving home on 146 north (not far past providence) I saw 12-15 round, bright, orange ligh
East Greenwich · RI, USA
Super fast circular object zipped across the night sky
Warwick · RI, USA
Band of dim light moving across sky. ((anonymous report))
Woonsocket · RI, USA
Flew over screen two at Rustic Drive In. Looked up over Toy Story on screen and saw a steady moving white dot with no flashing lights.
Charlestown · RI, USA
Very unusual, extreme chevron-shaped aircraft observed mid-afternoon, clear sky, flying west overhead East Beach, Charlestown, RI
West Warwick · RI, USA
Very loud and it was slow. ((anonymous report))
New Shoreham · RI, USA
My husband and I were sitting outside the Atlantic Inn on Block Island, New Shoreham, Rhode Island at 10:13 PM on Saturday, July 6, 20
Cranston · RI, USA
Object appears, moves, and disappears.
South Kingstown · RI, USA
Two sets of bright white lights low in the sky over farm fields in Matunuck Beach, RI
Middletown · RI, USA
Sitting at second beach and we witnessed a large green flash shoot across the sky in close proximity.
Warwick · RI, USA
first I saw a meteorite, immediately after noticed a bright light in the sky. at first I thought it was the moon because of how bright
Foster · RI, USA
Foster/Scituate UFO/UAP
North Smithfield · RI, USA
Shiny sphere sighted over N. Smithfield farm.
Warwick · RI, USA
Light spotted from my deck! Last night i went out on my deck to cover my grill. I was looking up at the moon due to it was
Warwick · RI, USA
Summary - light spotted from my deck! Last night i went out on my deck to cover my grill. I was looking up at the moon due to it was
Forestdale · RI, USA
Was standing in my back yard taking pictures of birds and happened to look up and see a semi transparent white sphere moving silently a
Cranston · RI, USA
Circular looking UFO comes out of a chemtrail line after plane sprays over my house may 25 12:02 PM 2019
Cranston · RI, USA
orange spheres moving side by side over rhode island
Scituate · RI, USA
I saw what seemed to be a cigar shaped obj. glowing brightly zoom across my home, then fly across the sky again. ((anonymous report))
Johnston · RI, USA
Triangle aircraft moving in various patterns across the sky with pulsating lights. ((anonymous report))
Rumford · RI, USA
Located in the southern night sky is a total of four illuminated objects
Wakefield · RI, USA
The object was moving low across the sky west to east across route 1. It was a rather large blue/greenish light that glowed for several