Unknown UFO Sightings in Illinois
427 unknown-shaped UFO sightings reported in Illinois since 1959, peaking in 2019 (30 reports).
- Total sightings
- 427
- Span
- 1959–2022
- Peak year
- 2019 (30 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Unknown
1959–2022 · peak 2019 (30 reports)
Chicago · IL, USA
Not a clear object, but a very clear light, 3 blinks and movement.
McHenry · IL, USA
Pulses of steady white light, 10 seconds apart, 10-15 degrees covered in 1 minute.
Many · IL, USA
Strange items on weather radar.
Arlington Heights · IL, USA
Black object flying toward clouds abruptly stop and then descend staight down and disappear.
Chicago · IL, USA
Observed 3 orange orb like shapes moving north to south in direction just east of downtown Chicago. Altitude less then 5k feet. Orbs a
Bartlett · IL, USA
Lights 2 of them moving circular direction northwest sky over Bartlet
Troy · IL, USA
Strange sounds in the Greater St Louis area.
Morrison · IL, USA
Aircraft of some sort flying violently as if it was about to crash that wiped out power throughout a city for 15 seconds
Danville · IL, USA
Bluish light
Chicago · IL, USA
UFO’s spotted in Chicago in the early morning on 10/12/12.
Gurnee · IL, USA
Strange sound that hovered in sky early in morning
Sterling · IL, USA
At first we thought it was a helicopter put it was to low and there was no no noise the there was another one and another and so on til
Bloomington · IL, USA
White on camera/purple off camera lights floating in the sky.
Oak Lawn · IL, USA
Pilot might of saw what I saw and object flying was maybe just a Chinese Candle or Chinese Latern.
Chicago · IL, USA
Multiple red lights that floated up, and away from each other, formed a diagonal line, then disappeared.
Atkinson (near) · IL, USA
Bright Pulsing light high in the sky Over I-80 around Mile 26 in Illinois
Zion · IL, USA
This is a continuation of my previous report. I have video of the last light before it disappeared.
Normal · IL, USA
Tonight 02/05/2012 at around 11:20 pm, I saw and called someone else out to see a light that seemed to be hovering, spinning, we could
Marengo · IL, USA
6-10 lights moving in the distance
Collinsville · IL, USA
Object in the sky not moving, changing light colors from red, blue and pink. Numerous sides.
Shorewood · IL, USA
Two white lights going in a circular motion near Shorewood,IL
Hometown · IL, USA
High speed white light !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Peoria · IL, USA
Bright burnt orange object moving at the speed simular to Space Station but bigger
Aurora · IL, USA
Unaccountable anomaly in the night sky. Please read.
Chicago (Albany Park) · IL, USA
U.F.O. Spotted (Albany Park Chicago) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 2011-10-19