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)
Warwick · RI, USA
Silent enormous disc shaped craft.
Scituate · RI, USA
Object with orange lights moves straight up in sky to nothingness.
Cranston · RI, USA
religious connection
Pawtucket · RI, USA
I reported the UFO sighting in Pawtucket R.I.of 1974 that you have on your website.
Pawtucket · RI, USA
R.I. sphere shaped object landed on flat top three door garage. 1974 .the beams still show cracks that developed from the weight
Quonsett Pt. NAS · RI, USA
A witness at Quonset Point Naval Air Station, Rhode Island, reported sighting an unidentified figure on the base during a brief encounter in August 1971.
Newport · RI, USA
A rectangular-shaped craft was reported hovering roughly half a mile above a witness in Newport, Rhode Island, in August 1970, for several minutes.
CT/RI border · RI, USA
Back in 1969 or maybe 70, can't really remember the date, my wife and I were on our way to Rhode Island from Connecticut. We left in th
Exeter · RI, USA
A witness in Exeter, Rhode Island reported a triangular object with three lights, described as isosceles in shape, in November 1968, during a five-minute sighting.
Portmouth · RI, USA
Witnesses in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, reported a luminous, tilted disk-shaped object surrounded by a hazy aura during a five-minute sighting in June 1967.
Coventry · RI, USA
It was night and we all saw a hugh silver highly shiny circle craft not more than 100 feet away from us it was an incredible thing to
Narragansett · RI, USA
In Narragansett, Rhode Island in July 1965, witnesses reported a golden egg-shaped object reportedly pursued by Navy fighter jets, which then evaded them within about 15 seconds.
Charlestown · RI, USA
While camping at the Burlingame State Park, Charlestown, RI, in August of 1964, my friend, Tommy, and I were looking over the pond at t
Greenville · RI, USA
Five small disk or spherical-shaped objects merging with a large saucer-shaped object observed by three whitnesses in 1958.
Quonset Point · RI, USA
A witness near Quonset Point, Rhode Island reported rows of saucer-shaped lights connected by beams of light, rising straight up together, over about 20 minutes in June 1956.
Manville · RI, USA
A witness in Manville, Rhode Island reported a group of lights moving across the sky during daylight hours, observed for about 10 seconds in July 1952.
South Kingstown · RI, USA
This event was related to me tonight, 29 December 2008, by a carpenter who is working at my house here in South Kingstown, RI. After d
East Greenwitch · RI, USA
I saw a ufo chang into shapes.
Cranston · RI, USA
3 circles that were in a straight line of eachother O O O they were very bright
Wakefield · RI, USA
ball of light in sky. stayed hovering above the house, moved to trees. then vanished about 15 min later.