Fireball UFO Sightings in Illinois
308 fireball-shaped UFO sightings reported in Illinois since 1958, peaking in 2012 (36 reports).
- Total sightings
- 308
- Span
- 1958–2020
- Peak year
- 2012 (36 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Fireball
1958–2020 · peak 2012 (36 reports)
Johnsburg · IL, USA
Fire in the sky.
Mundelein · IL, USA
Point source light or burning object with unnatural jiggling motion, neither smoke nor sound.
Chicago · IL, USA
I witnessed and orange/red fireball over Chicago
Yorkville · IL, USA
Bonfire ufo sighting by 15+ people in Yorkville, IL.
Elgin · IL, USA
Saw 2 fireball shapes flying side by side.
Elburn · IL, USA
Driving west in Elburn, four passengers spotted four bright orange fireballs flying extremely fast in a straight diagonal line.
DeKalb · IL, USA
Green Fireball Sighting.
Elmhurst · IL, USA
About 20 orange/red fireballs were seeing in the sky in Elmhurst on Route 83.
Woodridge · IL, USA
New Year's day red scanning fireball.
Hanover Park · IL, USA
Lights was orange fire and moves faster.
McHenry · IL, USA
4 fireballs moving together in a single line.
Chicago · IL, USA
Orange/red glowing fireball in southwest sky over Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago, IL.
Bloomington · IL, USA
Around 30 orange glowing objects flying in a constant speed towards South West Direction.
Hoffman Estates · IL, USA
Red-orange orbs in Western sky
Lovington · IL, USA
Whatever I saw was very odd, and I had never seen anything like it before.
Zeigler · IL, USA
Orange fireball in the sky.
Romeoville · IL, USA
Orange/Yellow/Red Sphere or Orb seen in Romeoville IL in night sky followed by low flying helicopters TWO seperate sightings.
Alton · IL, USA
15 objects over Alton, Il.
Bloomington · IL, USA
2 Fireballs flying low.
Grayslake · IL, USA
8-31-2013 at 21:30 a yellowish –red fireball (1) observed over south Grayslake.
Bolingbrook · IL, USA
3 fireballs moving upward in a vertical column
Chicago · IL, USA
we look in to the sky a bout 10 pm we witnesse frist a fire ball goin from south to north and 3 m a bout 5 minutes later 2 more ball
Fulton · IL, USA
South to north estimated 200 miles per hour and glowing bright red to orange. Steady altitude and speed with no sound. The last object
Deerfield · IL, USA
Red/Orange fireballs or lights above northern Chicago suburbs
Troy · IL, USA
Orange ball of light.