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)
Pawtucket · RI, USA
Extremely small light moving at a constant speed like an airplane, but extremely far in the skies.
Riverside · RI, USA
Something strange in the sky.
Providence · RI, USA
I was outside talking to my father with my aunt and my little cousin I look to the right of me I thought it was firework coming in the
Middletown · RI, USA
Satellite Imagery of the course of 44 years.
South Kingstown · RI, USA
Small sparkling lights in the air/sky.
North Kingstown · RI, USA
2 separate sightings of medium brightness star lights traveling at high speed and great distance and making 90deg turns
Pawtucket · RI, USA
4 oval shaped blue lights in the sky circling and in a pattern of coming all together. ((NUFORC Note: Advertising lights. PD))
Rumford · RI, USA
An apparent shooting star that had a U-shaped trajectory.
Coventry · RI, USA
I was walking my dogs on this particular night and observed what looked like a plane taking off from Green Airport.
Cumberland · RI, USA
Leaving my house for coffee the noticed a ball of light extremely quiet no noise also big in size flying S the as 1 object.
North Providence · RI, USA
I was in my backyard and I saw 4 balls of light dancing together in the sky. ((NUFORC Note: Advertising lights?? PD))
Kingston · RI, USA
Fireballs all moving same direction.
Hope · RI, USA
Bright red stationary light, low in sky, never moves and inch, then disappears.
Pawtucket · RI, USA
Bright orange/red light filling room.
Pawtucket/Rumford · RI, USA
Diamond shapes in the sky. Moving side to side. Blinking/flashing at each other. Almost dancing with each other. Zig zagging across the
South Kingstown · RI, USA
Fireball going across the sky when trying to watch the initial Antares launch on 10/27/14
Charlestown · RI, USA
Heard a power down of an engine in the sky with no visible object and slight home power flicker
Providence · RI, USA
While walking in Providence, husband and wife and others view 3 orange orbs in the night sky
Jamestown · RI, USA
Two red/orange plasma shapes, soundless, close range for 3 minu by two witnesses one following the other by about 60 secs then vanished
Johnston · RI, USA
Oval shaped craft with three big round bright lights!!
Narragansett · RI, USA
Orange flaming orb flying over Narragansett, RI, beach.
South Kingston · RI, USA
Two fireballs traveling together.
Warwick · RI, USA
A very large circle of light. which dissipated.
Bristol · RI, USA
Light flying across sky.
Johnston · RI, USA
Thee Orange Redished Spheres appeared from behind a row of pine trees.