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)
Cranston · RI, USA
Orange fiery cylinder traveling slowly across the night sky. ((anonymous report)) ((NUFORC Note: Possible airliner in Sun? PD))
South Kingston · RI, USA
Orb Jane rectangLe craft in sky.
South Kingstown · RI, USA
Small, gold spinning star-like object above electrical wires
Woonsocket · RI, USA
Unexplainable logic in what I saw.
Lincoln · RI, USA
Waiting in a empty parking lot with my freind in his car I observed a blue and white light appear out of pitch black sky and completely
North Providence · RI, USA
2 bright metallic disc objects with a dark underside were flying in unison in a circular pattern high in the sky at 5:00 pm.
East Greenwich · RI, USA
I followed a bright orange light as I was driving, it started veering off behind a neighborhood and looked as if it was landing.
Ocala · RI, USA
I walk my dogs every night about 10:30 or 11:00. A COUPLE MONTHS AGO i spotted two diamond shaped objects in the West,NorthWest sky.Abo
Cranston · RI, USA
As soon as I exit the Walgreens on Broad. St My attention is immediately captured by a very bright, very low hovering light. The light
North Kingstown · RI, USA
Sphere shaped object with red striped lights in back and white lights Flashing around the sphere;,flying towards Quonset.
North Smithfield · RI, USA
Watching 2 sets of lights in sky when the 1st set flashed, became one single light & shot straight to the ground.
Tiverton · RI, USA
5 oblong shaped fireballs seen in the sky over Tiverton, Middletown, RI 11-5-2015.
Warwick · RI, USA
((HOAX?? Date is flawed; contact information defective.)) saw a round ball of light moving slowly then disappeared
Hope Valley · RI, USA
Dome shaped object.
Tiverton · RI, USA
Different color flashing object seen from RT 24
Woonsocket · RI, USA
Green falling fireball.
Middletown · RI, USA
Looking out my patio sliding glass door in a southerly direction, I saw three oblong, football shaped objects slowly flying NE.
East Providence · RI, USA
Fast green light.
North Smithfield · RI, USA
Walked outside to garage, immediately caught my eye sphere shape. Thought it was balloons at 1st because the way Sun was hitting it. Wa
Warwick · RI, USA
We saw two slow moving triangle formations.
Cumberland · RI, USA
I saw a bright light off in the distance in MA, to my right, come out of nowhere from the sky and shoot down toward earth at an extreme
Warwick · RI, USA
Every night I see a bright light star shape thing move across the sky. But last night was different. This one I watched for 4 hours.
Providence · RI, USA
Saw a disc shaped ufo with a green glow with green and red flashing lights hovering slowly over the Providence River Bay area
Middletown · RI, USA
Silver cylinder shaped object moving super fast from north to south followed by another identical object a minute or so after the first
Westerly · RI, USA
Hundreds of thousands of tiny white, shimmery dots converging into clusters and going up into the sky. Lasted about 10 minutes.