UFO Sightings in Illinois
4,055 UFO sightings reported in Illinois since 1946, peaking in 2012 (270 reports); most often described as light.
- Total sightings
- 4,055
- Span
- 1946–2025
- Peak year
- 2012 (270 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Light
1946–2025 · peak 2012 (270 reports)
Top cities in Illinois
Chicago
1952–2021 · peak 2012 (29 reports)
Tinley Park
1971–2021 · peak 2004 (92 reports)
Rockford
1964–2022 · peak 2001 (42 reports)
Springfield
1979–2021 · peak 2020 (8 reports)
Oak Lawn
1946–2020 · peak 2010 (10 reports)
Orland Park
1995–2019 · peak 2005 (15 reports)
Peoria
1966–2020 · peak 2012 (7 reports)
Naperville
1997–2022 · peak 2001 (4 reports)
Northbrook
1999–2022 · peak 2020 (16 reports)
Bloomington
1972–2020 · peak 2012 (5 reports)
Oak Forest
2003–2016 · peak 2005 (18 reports)
Aurora
1995–2022 · peak 2012 (5 reports)
Plainfield
1999–2020 · peak 2016 (5 reports)
Joliet
1979–2021 · peak 2012 (5 reports)
Palatine
1961–2021 · peak 2012 (4 reports)
Crystal Lake
1968–2021 · peak 2011 (4 reports)
Norris City
2018–2022 · peak 2018 (13 reports)
Elgin
1982–2021 · peak 2013 (4 reports)
Frankfort
1996–2017 · peak 2004 (4 reports)
Lombard
1997–2019 · peak 2013 (4 reports)
Crystal Lake · IL, USA
Cigar shaped oject over Crystal Lake, IL with one red and several white lights hovering slowly then faded into space leaving a trail
Oak Forest · IL, USA
two red lights were dangling in the air looking just like stars just disappeared after about 10 minutes
Tinley Park · IL, USA
Two round red lights moving from wws to een in the night sky.
Orland Park · IL, USA
3 red objects in the sky
Tinley Park · IL, USA
RED LIGHTS IN TINLEY PARK THIRD TIME IN 13 months
Orland Park · IL, USA
September 30th sights in Orland Park Illinois of the 3 red lights.
Oak Forest · IL, USA
Strange red lights as big as stars, blinking slowly.
Tinley Park · IL, USA
2 red lights nest to star. hovered for fifteen minutes or so, moving in a vertical fashion(up&down). Had blinking red lights
Tinley Park · IL, USA
On Friday,September 1st at 11:00 PM, four of us who live in Tinley Park spotted 3 red lights that formed a triangle in the night sky. I
Tinley Park · IL, USA
2 objects that moved uniformally slowly, quickly, and stopping and staying together
Orland Park · IL, USA
My friends and I saw three lights that resembled bright red stars rearranging themselves in the northern sky.
New Lenox · IL, USA
strange red lights verticle in a row in the sky.
Tinley Park · IL, USA
Two bright red objects move across sky west to east with no set speed or direction.
Oak Forest · IL, USA
red dots seen in sky looked like a cell phone tower
Orland Park · IL, USA
Strang red lights appear in the sky.
Orland Hills · IL, USA
Two red light just hovering
Orland Hills · IL, USA
My wife and I both watched 3 red lights to the east of our home for about 15:00 min.They didn't do much just slowly got closer to e
Tinley Park · IL, USA
UFO red lights in sky over tinley park, very descriptive explanation.
Orland Park · IL, USA
there were 3 red lights seen in the east sky, in the shape of a triangle. there was originally one light and then 2 more came from the
Joliet/Orland Hills · IL, USA
Red Lights over Illinois
Orland Park · IL, USA
Two red lights of undetermined origin over Orland Park, IL (USA)
Tinley Park · IL, USA
2 red lights moving west to east
Oak Forest · IL, USA
2 Red light ufo's passing across sky 9/ 30/05 from west to east and 3 red lights ufo's on 10/1/05 w/ ext. video
Oak Forest · IL, USA
two bright lights moving slowly from west to east. bright red stars
Oak Forest · IL, USA
2 Bright Red lights above my house, then gain altitude before heading east very slowly