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)
Towanda · IL, USA
Hurrying outside and looking straight into the sky we all see a large, circular, red/orange light slowly moving across the sky coming.
Sycamore · IL, USA
Three color shifting orbs move to close triangle then shoot straight up one at a time on same path
Joliet · IL, USA
Several fireballs over Joliet, IL.
Rockford · IL, USA
Eight globes like if they were full of fire inescapable from the bright globe flew silently over Rockford, IL.
Mundelein · IL, USA
Observed two orange/red balls cross the sky from NE to SW one after the other.
Bourbonnais · IL, USA
Orange lights that moved in a strange, cohesive pattern in the south sky of Bourbonnais, IL.
Plano · IL, USA
5 Fireball objects in sky over far western Chicago suburbs.
Aurora · IL, USA
Three orange lights in formation.
Arlington Heights · IL, USA
Four flying objects that appeared and disappeared. I was in complete shock.
Arlington Heights · IL, USA
We saw 4 big bright orange fire ball type flying slowly and disappearing 1 by 1.
Waukegan · IL, USA
Bright orange fireball spotted.
Canton · IL, USA
Orange fireballs in the sky.
Libertyville · IL, USA
5 orange fireball round flying spacecrafts in the sky in a line in Libertyville at 9:50 on 12-14-12.
Bartlett · IL, USA
Slow moving amber colored ball meets up with others and disappears.
Cicero · IL, USA
Ufo passes from northwest to southeast casually at low altitudes in cicero, ill.
Worth · IL, USA
Fireballs appear out of nowhere and morph shapes as they hover away.
Hinsdale · IL, USA
Orange fireball quickly ascending in sky in West suburbs of Chicago
Arlington Heights · IL, USA
Around 12:30 am Wednesday morning, me and my friend witnessed an orange orb-like object hover across the sky. We had been sitting in a
Blue Island · IL, USA
As I entered my place of business I suddenly looked up west and noticed a blue flame in the sky streaking across at a 45 degree angle m
Edwardsville · IL, USA
5 yellow orange fireball/orbs seen by 3 people in Southern Illinois near 20 miles from St.louis
Danville · IL, USA
Slow moving glow in night sky.
Oswego · IL, USA
Group of ten or more orange fireballs across Oswego, IL sky on 9/28/12
McHenry · IL, USA
Multiple bright fireball orbs hovering over mchenry,il meijers.vanishing as jet approached them
Chicao · IL, USA
Chicago reports: Group of reddish-orange lights seen floating in sync.
Bartlett · IL, USA
4 to 10 orange lights hovering in the sky, then fade away to nothing