Light UFO Sightings in Illinois
888 light-shaped UFO sightings reported in Illinois since 1955, peaking in 2004 (74 reports).
- Total sightings
- 888
- Span
- 1955–2022
- Peak year
- 2004 (74 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Light
1955–2022 · peak 2004 (74 reports)
Cordova · IL, USA
Orange light traveling south along Mississippi River TOTALLY SILENT
Algonquin · IL, USA
Single fire colored object spotted moving in a slow and nonlinear way
Streamwood · IL, USA
Thunder like noise and small light
Buffalo Grove · IL, USA
While sitting outside with a friend, looking out west into the distance I saw an orange light moving southeast towards us. This little
Chicago · IL, USA
Odd pulsing lights west of Chicago
Gridley · IL, USA
Multiple Moving Stars in Rural IL. ((NUFORC Note: ISS sighting. Satellites are different sizes, and have different albedos. PD))
Odin · IL, USA
Jet Aircraft chase Ball of Light over Odin Illinois. ((NUFORC Note: Maybe not a serious report?? PD))
Morris · IL, USA
Fast moving lights in trees.
Byron · IL, USA
Bright light over camp ground near Byron ILL.
Bloomington · IL, USA
slowly moving star like object
Crystal Lake · IL, USA
light beams and light rays at 4:45 am
Gurnee · IL, USA
It was a mysterious light that headed our direction and then turned off never making a noise.
Riverside · IL, USA
light blinks out in front of my eyes
Schaumburg · IL, USA
White light with greenish aura falling from sky over Schaumburg toward the East. ((NUFORC Note: Possible meteor?? PD))
Chicago · IL, USA
red flashing object moving over chicago
Mount Vernon · IL, USA
Light over Jefferson County
Tinley Park · IL, USA
3 balls of different lights, slowly rotating in a triangular formation were seen tonight over tinley park, il.
Sycamore · IL, USA
Bright star like object moved erratically, turned bluish at times, and pulsed brighter at times.
Worth · IL, USA
Shooting star?
Orland Park · IL, USA
2 slow moving lights in formation over Orland Park, IL
I-355 and 159th st · IL, USA
Bright flash of light seen traveling southbnd on I-355 in Illinois during sunny day.
Chicago · IL, USA
slow traveling light disappears
Elk Grove Village · IL, USA
Two Unusual Orbs of Light Spotted Just Above Antenna at Elk Grove Village, IL. ((NUFORC Note: Venus and Jupiter. PD))
LaGrange · IL, USA
I have witnessed the lights over Tnley Park and ever since then have always kept an eye to the sky sort-of speak. The morning of the 30
Rockford · IL, USA
UFO moving in a triangular movement over Rockford, IL. It moved back and forth and up and down. Then slowly dissapeared.