State Report
UFO Sightings in Rhode Island
906 sightings on record from 1944 to 2023, drawn from the National UFO Reporting Center databank.
Total sightings
906
Share of US total
0.42%
Peak year
2012
89 reports
Top shape
Light
170 reports
Years active
79
Sightings by decade
reports / decadeTop shapes reported
all-timeLatest 20 sightings
most recent on record| Date | City | Shape | Duration | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-11-14 | West Warwick | circle | 5 seconds | It happened really fast figured I’d report it idk |
| 2023-11-05 | Narragansett | other | 5 minutes | over the ocean - darting in all directions. I took a slow Mo video. It had multiple lights on it |
| 2023-11-03 | Woonsocket | circle | Over an hour | I’ve been watching this orb that’s a white light just hover in one spot as planes fly by going to providence (green... |
| 2023-10-31 | Tiverton | light | Less than 10 seconds | A spherical bright light spot that moved faster than planes at that altitude. |
| 2023-06-25 | Riverside | cigar | 2 minutes | Noticed a stationary object above the tree line |
| 2023-06-18 | Westerly | flash | 4 seconds | While star gazing, a shooting disk came flashing by. Definitely wasn’t a star though. |
| 2022-12-20 | East Greenwich | light | 3 seconds maybe even less | I was driving the interstate at night with my buddy headed to casino when a very bright flashing light appeared in the... |
| 2022-10-15 | Newport | cone | Not sure; less than 5 min | Cone shaped with tails appearing to be all white light. |
| 2022-10-04 | Little Compton | orb | 3 seconds | Glowing Orb |
| 2022-09-24 | Warwick | unknown | 45-60 seconds | A string of lights 4 in a line 1 off center moving in a snake like way up and down low in the sky. |
| 2022-09-15 | Woonsocket | circle | 30 minutes | Semi circle of lights hovering |
| 2022-09-15 | Worcester | unknown | — | MADAR Node 122 at Worcester, MA 24 mi NE of Woonsocket, RI |
| 2022-09-01 | Tiverton | triangle | 5 minutes | Ufo interacting with plane |
| 2022-08-25 | Tiverton | disk | 2 minutes | U.A.P flew up to slowed down and passed an airplane with both exhaust like the plane |
| 2022-08-19 | Rhode Island | cigar | ) | 2 orange streaks |
| 2022-07-29 | Woonsocket | disk | Unaware of duration | Around 1:50 am about 20 minutes after falling asleep I remember waking up but suffering paralysis and experiencing... |
| 2022-07-28 | Kansas City | light | 2 minutes or less | The top of a triangle of stars appeared to be moving, while staring at it the lower right star took off upwards and... |
| 2022-07-07 | West Warwick | circle | 10 seconds | Big glowing red ball moving erratically |
| 2022-07-02 | North Kingstown | diamond | No duration. | Object was just hovering in mid air, unlike any vehicle or object on earth. Was not affected by wind. |
| 2022-07-02 | Jamestown | unknown | — | MADAR site 43 is only 8 mi from North Kingston. Had a spike in the magnetometer reading. |