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Rhode Island UFO Sightings Analysis
We analyzed all 33 UFO sighting reports in Rhode Island from 2019 to identify possible patterns and gain insight into the phenomenon:
- The most commonly reported UFO shape or appearance is "light" (7 reports, 21.21% of total).
- July is the month with the most reported UFO sightings (6 reports, 18.18% of total).
- Saturday is the weekday with the most reported UFO sightings (10 reports, 30.30% of total).
- 07/15/19 is the single date with the most UFO sightings reported (2 reports, 6.06% of total).
- Sightings occur more often during the night, between the hours of 20:00 - 23:59 (12 reports, 36.36% of total).
Rhode Island UFO Sighting Reports in 2019
This is a sampling of 20 Rhode Island UFO reports from 2019, presented as they were submitted other than paragraph breaks added for easier readability where necessary.
You can click the 'Report' link to view the original report along with any photos that may have been submitted to the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC).
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Fast amazing lights in the shape of a dart craft, fast and jagged path and disappeared quickly heading East, We were at the docks over by Wickford marina driving our children around to get them to fall asleep. Because the way the orbs moved and the fact they looked like a dart like object in the sky we stopped to watch the two vehicles until they dissapeared at about 10,000 feet. They moved in a jagged path which was the most remarkable part of the sighting.
Zig zagging at about 7-8000 feet above Quonset. Then speeding off out East at a remarkable speed.
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3 balls of light exact same distance apart and exact same speed We saw 3 fireballs come up over neighbors' house and crescent over our home only to disappear one by one in the distance same separation exact same speed!!!!!! Kids as well as parents were Crying and screaming me and my family were in shock!!!.
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We are not alone!! My husband and I were outside his mothers house Christmas Eve approximately 9:30pm when all of a sudden we seen this bright orb of light moving at a extremely fast pace and suddenly vanished! What we witnessed that night was definitely something not from our world. There is no way we are alone! We can not be the only living beings with so many other planets and universes!! We are not alone! I’m convinced and what I seen just confirms it even more!.
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I was driving to work and i saw a ball of fire falling from the sky in the far distance. At first i thought "WOW" a shooting I was driving to work and i saw a ball of fire falling from the sky in the far distance. At first i thought "WOW" a shooting star but as I continued to look it didn't appear to be that at all.
I'm no expert but I've seen falling stars before and this did not look like what I have seen before. whatever it was it was definitely on fire and it there were flashes of light as pieces were breaking of the object. Im sure that i couldnt have been the only one to see this.
believe me it was hard to miss. Maybe it'll make the news. ??????.
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Strange lights sighted above tree line just before sunrise On the morning of December 19, 2019 between 6:00 and 6:30 am EST, I was sitting at my kitchen table looking out the sliding glass door towards the southeast when I saw two lights resembling car headlights hovering just above the tree line. The lights were whitish blue and slightly oblong horizontally. I checked every possible cause for these lights (reflection, car headlights, streetlights) and could not explain them.
I watched them for approximately two minutes and then I got the feeling that I was being observed. As soon as I had that thought, the lights shut off like someone flipped a switch. They didn’t shoot off into the sky or slowly fade.
I am 60 years old and have never seen anything like that in my life!.
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Square aircraft with lights hovering At first, we saw an object that was hovering with lights it seem very different than a plane it was doing maneuvers and movements not normal of an aircraft it made suddenly and quick movements, after a few minutes we started taking pictures suddenly an another none identify object appeared. Than in a second they disappeared but we continue taking pictures and what we were not able to see with the naked eye on our phone we caught colors and the shape of the aircraft. To our surprise we blew up the pictures and we couldn’t believe what we were seeing it was nothing we have seen before or anything from this world.
I can say its from planet cause I really don’t believe but it’s definitely not from this world.
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Was driving on highway and looked up to see two orbs glowing a greenish white flying back and forth across the sky.
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softball sized white orb, moving very fast Last night as I was driving home from work at 10:30pm, I turned onto the dark, somewhat rural road that leads to my own street, and I saw a large deer to my left. I was thinking about the seer and using extra caution (going about 15mph) heading south when something flew up from behind me, also moving in a southern direction. A softball size, very bright white light flew from behind my car, approximately 20 feet above and moving at a very fast speed.
The orb flew under some low trees and then over the roof of a ranch style house on the corner of my street and disappeared from my view. I did not encounter it again. What was remarkable to me is that my husband has reported seeing these orbs on more than one occasion since the middle of the summer.
He has seen them further away, north of where I saw the flying object. I thought he must have been seeing commercial spotlights, but now that I have seen this orb I can characterize it only as an unidentified flying object.
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4 star like circles together. 3 of the objects started moving away in a straight line at very high speeds. The 4th light moved slowly in the opposite direction and disappeared.
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a band of dim light moving across sky. Stepped outside apartment complex to smoke a cigg. Looked up into sky and saw a circle of dim whitish light shoot across the sky.
It looks like what be considered a band around an object.
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Super fast circular object zipped across the night sky I witnessed a craft about a mile up with different colored lights zip through the sky faster than anything I’ve ever scene. It didn’t make a sound and didn’t appear to put off any exhaust. Faster than a shooting star and definitely faster than any military aircraft I’ve ever witnessed.
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On Sunday 9/1/19 approximately 2:00am, I was driving home on 146 north (not far past Providence) I saw 12-15 round, bright, orange lights slowly gliding over. The lights appeared to be 1000 to 2000 ft above me and they were arranged in a zig zag, constellation like formation.
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Very loud and it was slow. ((NUFORC Note: Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD)).
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Very unusual, extreme chevron-shaped aircraft observed mid-afternoon, clear sky, flying west overhead East Beach, Charlestown, RI This was a most unusual aircraft design,singurlarly moving directly overhead at plane travel height, in a westerly direction over East Beach shorefront. This very futuristically shaped 'aircraft', or very large drone, dark colored, with broad sweptback wings and tail, seemed to have a typical airplane engine noise, appeared to travel at a typical airplane speed, and moved along a straight path as other typically observed aircraft that we've seen overhead that area. The most remarkable thing that we both agreed was the shape.
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Flew over screen two at Rustic Drive-In. Looked up over Toy Story on screen and saw a steady moving white dot with no flashing lights. As it approached the tree line, while it was still visible, it faded out.
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Foster/Scituate UFO/UAP Visiting with my parents we were by the pool when my dad said “hey what is that?” I looked up and we both saw a shiny sphere I would estimate to be at around 10,000 feet. Not a plane or drone by the high reflectiveness, speed and way it moved. Size of a car.
Moved in a straight line with no trail. Went to grab my phone for a pic and it was gone. Weather balloon maybe.
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first I saw a meteorite, immediately after noticed a bright light in the sky. at first I thought it was the moon because of how bright it was,so bright it reflected off of the ocean water. I knew it was not the moon because it began to move, while still moving through the sky I noticed the light went out.
then the craft came towards us, as it got closer, I could make out three dim lights on the bottom of the triangular shape with no distinct wings or features. we could at this point tell it was not an aircraft or drone. as the craft flew past I could hear a quiet hum.
the craft was about the size of a small fighter plane. then it flew off into the distance.
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Sitting at second beach and we witnessed a large green flash shoot across the sky in close proximity.
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Two sets of bright white lights low in the sky over farm fields in Matunuck Beach, RI While driving back from a beach bar on the ocean in the Matunuck Beach area of South Kingstown on Moonstone Beach Rd, I noticed two sets of odd lights low in the sky. The lights were bright white and in the shape of a slanted wrap around type. One craft was higher in the sky than the other and that one appeared stationary.
The second identical set of lights was lower in the sky and closer to me.about a quarter mile from me. The lower set of lights was moving lower and lower and then banked slightly as it came toward me.
There was no sound at all. I had the feeling that the lower set of lights/craft saw me as I was driving the car on the rural back road as I drove home, about 4 miles from the beach. The oddity of the wrap around bright white non blinking lights was startling against the dark empty sky and a bit frightening as they were the only lights in that otherwise dark sky.
The moon was out but in a different part of the sky. The lights were 'just th! ere' as I rounded a bend in the road. The lower set of lights came closer to me, moving very slowly and smoothly.
I could not make out the shape of either craft as that was totally black.only the lights of each was visible. I have never seen anything like it before.
The lights were over farmland and fields at that point. I stopped my car to observe but when I saw it approaching me I continued to drive, thinking I would see them as a different point of travel. I lost sight of them as I headed to a more residential area near Rt.
1 and Moonstone Beach Rd. I should have stayed and observed but I was too nervous as this one craft seemed to head right for me. I drove to my home not far away and scanned the sky but could no longer see the.
The Matunuck Beach area has been known locally as a 'hot spot' for activity. I have seen several other UFOs in my lifetime but never anything like these two craft. No other lights were visible on them.
just the two bright 'halogen' like ligh! ts that seemed to wrap around the craft. I knew the lights were connected to the same craft because as the closer craft banked closer to the ground both light remained in the same relation to each other. The craft came from the west and were headed east.
I hope someone else saw them and may verify my observation.
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Object appears, moves, and disappears. I let my dog out the backyard. While waiting for him to finish I noticed an exhaust trail in the sky.
I look at it until I see the direction the source of the exhaust was flying. As I observe the this, an object appears over to right of my field of view. The object appears, moves quickly to the right, and disappears again.
((NUFORC Note: Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD)).
Rhode Island UFO Sightings From 2019 By Shape
This is a standardized set of shapes a UFO report can be filed under.
Shape / Appearance | Sightings | % Of Total |
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Light | 7 reported sightings | 21.21% of all reports |
Sphere | 5 reported sightings | 15.15% of all reports |
Other | 4 reported sightings | 12.12% of all reports |
Circle | 4 reported sightings | 12.12% of all reports |
Unknown | 3 reported sightings | 9.09% of all reports |
Cigar | 2 reported sightings | 6.06% of all reports |
Fireball | 2 reported sightings | 6.06% of all reports |
Triangle | 2 reported sightings | 6.06% of all reports |
Oval | 1 reported sightings | 3.03% of all reports |
Flash | 1 reported sightings | 3.03% of all reports |
Disk | 1 reported sightings | 3.03% of all reports |
Chevron | 1 reported sightings | 3.03% of all reports |
Rhode Island UFO Sightings From 2019 By Month
This data point is an aggregation of all UFO reports by the month the sighting occured in.
Month | Sightings | % Of Total |
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July | 6 reported sightings | 18.18% of all reports |
December | 5 reported sightings | 15.15% of all reports |
January | 4 reported sightings | 12.12% of all reports |
May | 4 reported sightings | 12.12% of all reports |
August | 3 reported sightings | 9.09% of all reports |
September | 3 reported sightings | 9.09% of all reports |
November | 2 reported sightings | 6.06% of all reports |
October | 2 reported sightings | 6.06% of all reports |
March | 2 reported sightings | 6.06% of all reports |
June | 1 reported sightings | 3.03% of all reports |
February | 1 reported sightings | 3.03% of all reports |
Rhode Island UFO Sightings From 2019 By Weekday
This data point is an aggregation of all UFO reports by the day of the week the sighting occured on.
Weekday | Sightings | % Of Total |
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Saturday | 10 reported sightings | 30.30% of all reports |
Monday | 5 reported sightings | 15.15% of all reports |
Thursday | 5 reported sightings | 15.15% of all reports |
Sunday | 4 reported sightings | 12.12% of all reports |
Tuesday | 4 reported sightings | 12.12% of all reports |
Wednesday | 4 reported sightings | 12.12% of all reports |
Friday | 1 reported sightings | 3.03% of all reports |
Rhode Island UFO Sightings From 2019 By Date (Top 5)
This data point is an aggregation of all UFO reports by the date the sighting occured on, limited to the top 5 dates with the most sightings.
Date | Sightings | % Of Total |
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07/15/19 | 2 reported sightings | 6.06% of all reports |
12/19/19 | 2 reported sightings | 6.06% of all reports |
05/18/19 | 2 reported sightings | 6.06% of all reports |
12/24/19 | 2 reported sightings | 6.06% of all reports |
07/28/19 | 1 reported sightings | 3.03% of all reports |
Rhode Island UFO Sightings From 2019 By Time
This data point is an aggregation of all UFO reports by the time of day the sighting occured during. We took logical 4 hour windows in order to split the day into early morning, morning, afternoon, evening, night, and late night buckets for this analysis.
Time Of Day | Hours | Sightings | % Of Total |
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Night | 20:00 - 23:59 | 12 reported sightings | 36.36% of all reports |
Late night | 00:00 - 03:59 | 7 reported sightings | 21.21% of all reports |
Early morning | 04:00 - 07:59 | 5 reported sightings | 15.15% of all reports |
Afternoon | 12:00 - 15:59 | 5 reported sightings | 15.15% of all reports |
Evening | 16:00 - 19:59 | 2 reported sightings | 6.06% of all reports |
Morning | 08:00 - 11:59 | 2 reported sightings | 6.06% of all reports |
All Rhode Island Cities with reported UFO sightings in 2019
These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports were filed per city in Rhode Island, in 2019
Other Years with Reported UFO Sightings in Rhode Island
These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports are filed per year in Rhode Island.