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)
Tinley Park · IL, USA
3 red lights in eastern sky. First in triangular formation and then slowly moving into a verticle line. Disappeared one by one. Mana
Orland Park · IL, USA
3 solid red lights moving slowly across the sky in a triangular formation. 1 light stopped the other 2 rotated around it to form and eq
Tinley Park · IL, USA
I'm not totally sure of the date but it was the weekend of the air and water show in chicago. Myself, a friend and my children also wi
Tinley Park · IL, USA
3 glowing lights in sky
Oak Forest · IL, USA
there were red lights which slowly moved over my location, which then "winked out" one by one.
Tinley Park · IL, USA
3 Red Lights over Tinley Park, IL 8/21/04
Tinley Park · IL, USA
I saw three bright red lights high up in the sky in the shape of a triangle that eventually aligned into a line and slowly disappeared.
Atkinson · IL, USA
Iridescent U.F.O. spotted by four eye witnesses over Northwest Illinois Sunday night at around 7:50 p.m.
Midlothian · IL, USA
Government Helicopter May Have Known About Tinley Park, IL UFO
Washington · IL, USA
Flashing lights that almost hit an airplane
Chicago · IL, USA
Light seen of Lake Michigan in Chicago
Tinley Park · IL, USA
A different take on the three lights above Tinley Park, IL 0n 08/31/04
Elk Grove · IL, USA
VERY high altitude dumb-bell shaped UFO
Chicago · IL, USA
brilliant beautiful orb over lake
Gurnee (near · on I-55 North), IL, USA
Oval object brushed metalic, watched it for about 30 sec and then it disappered. Very low to ground,
Oak Forest · IL, USA
red ligths in the sky 3 of them
Chicago · IL, USA
Large "Star" Moved Across Night's Sky
Naperville · IL, USA
Bubbling clouds, black triangle ufo, possible cloud manipulation.
Melroe Park · IL, USA
Three unknown flying objects.
Chicago · IL, USA
it was spying on us. it flew away when we looked at it.
Chicago · IL, USA
3 big balls of light just sitting in the sky over by O'Hare Airport
Loves Park · IL, USA
circle object glided across sky with no sound
Chicago · IL, USA
Bright flashing and pulsating light
Granite City · IL, USA
Cigar sgaped (Oblong) Obejct seen hovering over Eastern Illinois
Chicago · IL, USA
Small white circular object hovered in the sky