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)
Blue Mound · IL, USA
The cigar shaped craft moved fast and extremely sharp turns then dissapeared in a blue light.
Shumway · IL, USA
Witnessed two bright lights that moved quickly then disappeared only to reappear in the sky approximately 1/4 mile distant at 500 feet.
Oak Forest · IL, USA
Glowing Orange Saucer over Oak Forest, IL 9/24/04-- I never saw it until I download photo.
Libertyville · IL, USA
color changing, bouncing object in the sky. ((NUFORC Note: We suspect the object may have been a star. PD))
Gibson City · IL, USA
Slow moving round silver object going east in Illinois.
Chicago · IL, USA
Dark oval shaped object over the city.
Chicago · IL, USA
Saw a circular/ring shaped dark craft above the shore of Lake Michigan/downtown Chicago against a blue sky.
Chicago · IL, USA
4 bright objects taking turns going back and fourth as if playing a game.
Highland/Pokahontas (between) · IL, USA
White object seen pacing my car on Innerstate 70 between Highland and Pokahontas Illinois.
Lake Zurich (sub of Chicago) · IL, USA
A sudden extraordinary occurance in the sky...seeing at near range a ufo...traveling fast, low, horizontal as a ball and streak.
Westmont · IL, USA
THE OBJECTED APPEARED FIXED IN THE SKY FOR 10 MINUTES UNTIL A SECOND OBJECT APPEARED AND MERGED WITH THE FIRST OBJECT
Plainfield · IL, USA
Flash in the sky in Plainfield, IL
Macomb · IL, USA
Very bright then dim object no flashing lights spotted moving south then back north. It was spotted by a feeling my wife had.
Chicago · IL, USA
Cylinder shaped with lights on the side. I Have never seen a plane do that...
Chicago · IL, USA
Same UFO from Orland Parlk / Tinley Park?
Chicago · IL, USA
Mother and daughter see "firework" stop, then turn into some type of unlighted craft.
Lake in the Hills · IL, USA
On August 20,2004 at exactly 10:25 to 10:27 pm we witnessed a triangular shaped object moving across the sky from north to south direct
Tinley Park · IL, USA
Case Summary For Tinley Park,Illinois From Sam Maranto,SSD MUFON and Mark Rodeghier Phd,Director CUFOS 04/23-24/2004,08/21/2004,10/31/2
Tinley Park · IL, USA
Lights over Tinley Park.
Tinley Park · IL, USA
Three red lights (objects) moving in the sky making formations on August 22, 2004.
Tinley Park · IL, USA
3 red lights hovered for about 1 hour to the south of my location in Tinley Park, Il.
Hawthorn Woods · IL, USA
saw a triangular formation of red lights in the sky
Tinley Park · IL, USA
MY friends and i were sititng on my porch talking when i noticed three redish orangish colored lights in the sky.Thinking it was a plan
Tinley Park · IL, USA
4 red lights that were not airplane or from laser
Tinley Park · IL, USA
I was at an outdoor wedding, and a person noticed the lights,(three red lights in this triangular formation),we thought it might have b