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)
Narragansett · RI, USA
The light was stationary and bright yellow somewhere over the ocean between Narragansett and block island. It disappeared within a minu
Cranston · RI, USA
Heading towards work in a Uber i silently sat in the backseat of the car. I notice a plane which seems low but nothing alarming. Its wo
Tiverton · RI, USA
Red lights along outer edge, diamond shape. ((anonymous reports))
Harrisville · RI, USA
Glowing Red fire in sky that at first i thought was a paper bag on fire untill i was able to focus on it and realized that its about th
Providence · RI, USA
Reddish blueish disk flying by my window slowly.
Tiverton · RI, USA
Lights were coming down int a point from both sides of the craft.
Warwick · RI, USA
Red/orange pulsating orb moving steady, slow and low altitude traveling SE to NE
Foster · RI, USA
Object moving SE with 2 flaming engines before disappearing.
Providence · RI, USA
gray dark gray in color slowing moving across sky rotated and turned I could see some type of shining. ((anonymous report))
Bradford · RI, USA
Whitish/Circular Object.
Barrington · RI, USA
Two witnesses see a star-shaped UFO on Fathers Day which appeared responsive.
Warwick · RI, USA
Three orange balls of light traveled past the backyard. ((anonymous report))
Cranston · RI, USA
Bright shimmering circular disk/orb seen and videoed as it crossed central Rhode Island.
Johnston · RI, USA
~11:30 am, 4 loud booms in the sky shook the house.
South Kingstown · RI, USA
Disk shaped ship four big bright lights on the bottom followed me
Newport · RI, USA
Cigar-shaped object, uncertain of color, had white, green & red counter-clockwise traveling lights, moving slowly at daybreak.
South Kingstown · RI, USA
Star like object gives sudden bright flash.
Cumberland · RI, USA
Tonight Sunday 3/11at 11pm there were about 12 to 15 drones(white and red lights) in the southern sky flying pretty high in the air. Mo
Westerly · RI, USA
Loud Boom!!!!!! Shook my bed, house -woke me up out of sleep.
Warwick · RI, USA
Cigar shaped craft captured in photo off the coast of Oakland Beach RI
Warwick · RI, USA
An orange glowing crescent that shrunk until it was just a dot and then vanished. ((anonymous report))
Warren · RI, USA
Triangular diamond shape with red and green lights and bright bright lights in the center could see holdcraft was right above my head.
Scituate · RI, USA
Massive rectangle-shaped craft. ((anonymous report))
Cumberland · RI, USA
Hovering and flashing light in night sky seen for 45 minutes.
Cumberland · RI, USA
Hovering and flashing light in night sky seen for 45 minutes. ((NUFORC Note: Cappella or Venus? PD))