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Rhode Island UFO Sightings Analysis
We analyzed all 27 UFO sighting reports in Rhode Island from 2020 to identify possible patterns and gain insight into the phenomenon:
- The most commonly reported UFO shape or appearance is "light" (7 reports, 25.93% of total).
- August is the month with the most reported UFO sightings (6 reports, 22.22% of total).
- Friday is the weekday with the most reported UFO sightings (5 reports, 18.52% of total).
- 08/29/20 is the single date with the most UFO sightings reported (1 reports, 3.70% of total).
- Sightings occur more often during the night, between the hours of 20:00 - 23:59 (9 reports, 33.33% of total).
Rhode Island UFO Sighting Reports in 2020
This is a sampling of 20 Rhode Island UFO reports from 2020, 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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November 29th 2020 9:50pm I changed our names in my report for privacies sake I was laying in bed after walking my girlfriend to her car. Shortly after, I get a call from her. She says, “Shay, there’s something really weird in the sky, it’s bright and glowing orange”.
I responded at first by saying Jupiter is visible from earth right now and maybe that’s it. She says no it’s moving! I believed her but asked her to take a video so she could send it to me. She asked I go look out my front room window in my apartment to look for it.
I did. What I saw was unlike anything I have ever seen. I called her back.
Two big round orbs glowing orange. Just floating over federal hill district of Providence, RI. If I had to guess the objects were about 3 or 4 times the size of a normal air plane you see in the sky everyday.
At this point, I’m in a bit of shock. For about a minute I’m watching these things get closer to my apartment still on the phone with my girlfriend Lyla trying to make out what these things are. Still not able to make them out I hang up the phone to go outside and record.
The video I sent is from the street my back door is on. These things continued to fly/float over my apartment towards I-95n and the mall. Thirty seconds into recording, one of the glowing orbs starts to dim like a controlled light switch in your house.
The other object does the same about 2 seconds after. They both dimmed to the point they became invisible in the dark night sky. I then went down the street to the closest patch of grass to throw some in the air to check wind direction.
The wind was blowing southwest and these UFO’s were headed northeast. This made me think it can’t be balloons of some sort. The way it was moving seemed like it was propelled by something.
Both crafts moved at the same exact speed and in synchrony. I can’t explain what I saw. I just know I’ve never seen anything like it.
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My wife woke up but could not move or speak but could see the outline of a woman in our room who telepathically told her that everything was going to be ok do not try to move. At the same time i remember waking up and not being able to move and not seeing my wife next to me but could see a bright red light outside of my window. When i woke up the next morning i was panicking to check on my wofe who was asleep next to me i woke her up and she immediately started telling me about her encounter.
We found out my wife was pregnant later on that month after multiple miscarriages and to this day my wife believes that it was extraterrestrial intervention that allowed her to carry my son full term.
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I was in my yard looking up at the sky. Smoking a cigarette. Above the Treeline above 146north.
I definitely saw a glowing orb with a trail of light behind it. It lasted for about 5 seconds and then just disappeared. At first I thought it was a drunk but it was too bright and the trail is way too long.
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Tiny red object ejects small white light At this location (Perryville section of South Kingstown) date and time I went out to my back yard with my dog to close the bulkhead door to the cellar. I looked up, as I always do out of habit, and noticed what I thought were two stars close to each other. Then, the 'star' began to move slowly and steadily due south.
The elevation was very far up, maybe 25k feet. It did not flash and was a kind of reddish color. I thought it might be a satellite because it was not on the usual flight lines for my location.
As I watched it head south toward the Atlantic ocean I noticed it either eject a small white light or the light flew from it. The light was white and tiny but stood out against the night sky. It seemed to zig-zag then quickly faded out.
The reddish light continued south until it too faded out. The sky was mostly clear with many stars visible. No sound was heard from the object.
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Outside on the back porch at night when I saw something in the sky. Object was circular with red panels on the bottom that looked like lights but not lit up. Flying low.
Very low humming sound. It took off so fast, like a flash of light and vanished. Too stealthy to be a drone.
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I don’t even know where or how to start this . I just got back home with my daughter who at the time was 4 . It was sunny and pretty nice out about 55-60 degrees at the time and was 320pm about when I arrived home from getting my coffee and running around.
I wanted to sit outside and finish my coffee and let my little play In our back yard. Well come 2 mins later not even my daughter yelling at me she needs to go to the bathroom and just ran inside and went ( grandmother was inside to help ) I decided to wait for her to come back outside. 2 mins later if that ! I get this strange sense like someone or some feeling is talking telepathically to me to look into the sky and that’s when I start seeing this white egg shaped craft that had a circle looking nob on the top and bottom of it that was black the craft was all white and shaped so weird .
(there’s a picture of a craft from Rhode Island back around the 1960s if you google it this was the same exact one! I was seeing ) now this isn’t my first time with crafts appearing around me and close so I remembered to get my phone out and start snapping pictures as fast as I could. I didn’t want to seem crazy once again trying to explain myself and getting worked up . well I noticed as the craft appeared from one side it moved quickly to the other end until I could see it no more .
but what’s messed up is it seemed to move slow with what my eyes seen but what really gets me is it moved so quick from one side to other but In slow motion and had felt as if time was focused and stopped on this craft . as crazy as this sounds I have pictures but the pictures seem as if this craft tried to change its shape when I took the pictures because it dose not look the same as I was seeing the craft it blows my mind but one thing is for sure I still have the pictures saved for proof and showed close family members and explained to them what happened and they even agree it’s strange. of course b! eing this was daytime and it seems as if time stopped when thi! s craft moved across and no one was around to catch it but me and it scared me.
trust me I went back inside as I wasn’t wanting to stay out much longer. side note this craft was pretty low flying to the point my jaw was dropped how I could be the only one seeing this thing but the way it made feel about time as moving forward and backward almost was like it could control time and lost track how long it lasted flying over was strange and can’t really believe I got pictures still. hopefully this helps if anyone seen or had a similar experience.
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Star Shaped Fast-Flying Object. I woke up really early in the morning and looked out of my window and saw what I thought was a star and I was staring at it when suddenly just zoomed off.
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White ball of light/orb flying silently. Was taking pictures of storm clouds in the area when I noticed this white orb flying and knew it wasn't a plane or drone. Was flying slowly.
Didn't look like anything I could recognize and took a picture and a short video of the object. Had to zoom in with the camera to see something because when the camera zoomed out couldn't pick up the light. But could see it with my eyes.
Just looked weird to be a normal craft. Figured to share it.
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Was walking through Golf course during run with my boyfriend when I saw six small star like orbs In a line slowly moving across the sky, fading off one by one. They were similar in distance as the stars in Orion’s Belt. They were gone and I could not find them again after they faded.
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I was on my motorcycle riding west bound on log road. The night was clear and I saw two very bright orange orbs above me. I pulled into herbert's nursing homes parking lot and looked at the sky.
I saw both orbs move in a straight line similar rate of speed as an aircraft. I then got back on my bike and left the scene.
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At 4:00 am we observed a bright moon like object that darted around in the sky and enlarged in burst like activity and then reduced is size.
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I whet outside to bring my cat out and there was a Bright light with a small light following it about 10 feet behind[ the perspective i seen,, could be 100 feet in real-life] when 3 lights started to spin around it for 3 secounds then back to a bright light with a small light following it 10 feet behind at a constant pace, very unuiusal.Like it was being towed behind.
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6 plus people witness a bright light .oving in strange directions Basically, 5 people plus myself were sitting out by the pool late Sunday night. We collectively watched what appeared to be a large light moving in multiple directions without the use of jet propulsion.
After watching it zip about for a few minutes, two other lights appeared and seemed to form an equilateral triangle between the three. We ran into the house and up to the observation tower and gathered a few more people to help us determine if what we saw was our imagination. As we all gathered together on the lookout it seemed to have stopped moving, almost as if we had spooked it.
On a side note, I was laying up in the lookout tower the next afternoon and as soon as I laid down I felt a sensation as if I had become paralyzed. I could only move my eyes around the room. I had this sensation that there was an attempt to communicate.
Yet there was no voice or internal dialog I could still sort of understand was was trying to be said . I was lead to believe that I was going to be used as a way observation. Similar to how people watch animals interactions in the wild on Nat Geo.
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MADAR Node 43.
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I saw a weird star-like thing and another weird thing with rainbow-lights and I think the aliens know me. I was sitting in my living room and I looked out my window and saw a cross-looking UFO with rainbow lights and the craft itself was black and small at least from my distance. I saw it again a block away and have only seen it at night.
I believe that the possible aliens that are inside that thing know who I am because about four months ago I took a vacation to Florida and saw it again in the air at night each sighting looked the same. And just 3 or 4 weeks ago I was sitting in my chair outside at dawn and when it turned dark I saw something moving in the sky and it looked exactly like a star and wasn’t a plane which is what I thought it was at first but this one had the same lights as a star and was identical to a star but didn’t have rainbow lights. The first UFO that I had mentioned might have been a drone but I don’t think so since it followed me to Florida and also to a block away from my house.
I just looked at the pic/vid of mine that I remember catching it on camera in and right where it was was nothing it was like the aliens erased themselves from the photo/pic I think the aliens know me.
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I was with my cousin and dad and we’re all fishing and I hear my dad yell ((profanity deleted)) turn around” and I turn around to see a disc shaped object with 10 yellow lights floating about 110 meters above a nearby house, u have video evidence of the incident. The object was pitch black and the sky was lit by the moon yet I could not make anything out besides a disc shake around the lights and about 12 seconds after first sighting the aircraft flew out of sight, no sound, perfect flight. This coincidence was very interesting but scary.
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10 to 15 orbs flying in same direction, one after the other never swaying from the path of the one in frony we were watching the stars from a cliff in jamestown ri when suddenle i saw a sphere to far to see( looked like a star) traveling at a high speed from something that far. I watched it travel and for a few seconds when i noticed another spbere traveling in the same line a little ways back from the circle. And then suddenly another cirlce appeared and then another traveling at the.
same speed in the same line with out anyswaying.
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Pawtucket RI/Attleboro MA line. Two lights one being bright moving very slowly along tree line. To the NE closer prox drone w/ light.
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Fast light being followed by helicopter, darting all over the place. Saw an incredibly bright light moving fast and all over the place with a helicopter following its every move. Sitting near Watch Hill this thing started coming toward us, with the heli following, and then completely darted into the other direction faster than any craft I've seen.
Clearly the helicopter was following it. They were not search helicopters, and only one was a familiar looking light/aircraft. Clearly officials noticed it too.
I sure doubt we'll every hear anything about it, but it was bizarre as can be.
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Extremely bright orange object similar to Chinese lantern flying at rate of speed similar to aircraft in a straight trajectory from North to South along Western Rhode island border. Definitely not meteor and unlike anything I've ever seen. Curious what it was.
Rhode Island UFO Sightings From 2020 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 | 25.93% of all reports |
Circle | 5 reported sightings | 18.52% of all reports |
Other | 3 reported sightings | 11.11% of all reports |
Unknown | 2 reported sightings | 7.41% of all reports |
Egg | 2 reported sightings | 7.41% of all reports |
Cross | 2 reported sightings | 7.41% of all reports |
Sphere | 2 reported sightings | 7.41% of all reports |
Oval | 1 reported sightings | 3.70% of all reports |
Formation | 1 reported sightings | 3.70% of all reports |
Disk | 1 reported sightings | 3.70% of all reports |
Rhode Island UFO Sightings From 2020 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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August | 6 reported sightings | 22.22% of all reports |
June | 4 reported sightings | 14.81% of all reports |
January | 3 reported sightings | 11.11% of all reports |
February | 3 reported sightings | 11.11% of all reports |
October | 2 reported sightings | 7.41% of all reports |
March | 2 reported sightings | 7.41% of all reports |
November | 2 reported sightings | 7.41% of all reports |
April | 2 reported sightings | 7.41% of all reports |
September | 2 reported sightings | 7.41% of all reports |
May | 1 reported sightings | 3.70% of all reports |
Rhode Island UFO Sightings From 2020 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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Friday | 5 reported sightings | 18.52% of all reports |
Tuesday | 4 reported sightings | 14.81% of all reports |
Sunday | 4 reported sightings | 14.81% of all reports |
Thursday | 4 reported sightings | 14.81% of all reports |
Monday | 4 reported sightings | 14.81% of all reports |
Saturday | 3 reported sightings | 11.11% of all reports |
Wednesday | 3 reported sightings | 11.11% of all reports |
Rhode Island UFO Sightings From 2020 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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08/29/20 | 1 reported sightings | 3.70% of all reports |
03/17/20 | 1 reported sightings | 3.70% of all reports |
09/01/20 | 1 reported sightings | 3.70% of all reports |
04/16/20 | 1 reported sightings | 3.70% of all reports |
11/29/20 | 1 reported sightings | 3.70% of all reports |
Rhode Island UFO Sightings From 2020 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 | 9 reported sightings | 33.33% of all reports |
Late night | 00:00 - 03:59 | 7 reported sightings | 25.93% of all reports |
Evening | 16:00 - 19:59 | 4 reported sightings | 14.81% of all reports |
Afternoon | 12:00 - 15:59 | 3 reported sightings | 11.11% of all reports |
Early morning | 04:00 - 07:59 | 3 reported sightings | 11.11% of all reports |
Morning | 08:00 - 11:59 | 1 reported sightings | 3.70% of all reports |
All Rhode Island Cities with reported UFO sightings in 2020
These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports were filed per city in Rhode Island, in 2020
City | Number of Reports | View Reports |
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North Providence | 3 UFO Reports | North Providence UFO Sightings in 2020 |
Pawtucket | 3 UFO Reports | Pawtucket UFO Sightings in 2020 |
Jamestown | 3 UFO Reports | Jamestown UFO Sightings in 2020 |
Westerly | 3 UFO Reports | Westerly UFO Sightings in 2020 |
Smithfield | 2 UFO Reports | Smithfield UFO Sightings in 2020 |
Woonsocket | 2 UFO Reports | Woonsocket UFO Sightings in 2020 |
South Kingstown | 2 UFO Reports | South Kingstown UFO Sightings in 2020 |
Charlestown | 1 UFO Reports | Charlestown UFO Sightings in 2020 |
East Providence | 1 UFO Reports | East Providence UFO Sightings in 2020 |
Providence | 1 UFO Reports | Providence UFO Sightings in 2020 |
Warwick | 1 UFO Reports | Warwick UFO Sightings in 2020 |
Seekonk | 1 UFO Reports | Seekonk UFO Sightings in 2020 |
Warren | 1 UFO Reports | Warren UFO Sightings in 2020 |
Narragansett | 1 UFO Reports | Narragansett UFO Sightings in 2020 |
Richmond | 1 UFO Reports | Richmond UFO Sightings in 2020 |
North Kingstown | 1 UFO Reports | North Kingstown UFO Sightings in 2020 |
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.