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)
Peoria · IL, USA
i saw a round white moving ball in the sky and couldnt tell its size it was june the third. i also saw a white cloud with grey tips p
Galena · IL, USA
Moving star like light, flashes, changes direction, then fades away ((NUFORC Note: Iridium satellite flash. PD))
Eureka · IL, USA
Round black object flying North at high speed
Normal · IL, USA
Strange cat head shapped UFO above my house in Illinois.
Charleston · IL, USA
3FT TRANSLUCENT OBJECT LEAVES 10 FT CONTRAIL
Woodridge · IL, USA
The light appeared, traveled at a low speed, shook and took off.
El Paso · IL, USA
In June 2004, I was laying out in the back yard with my infant son, looking up at the sky, and saying things like: that is a bird, that
Elk Grove (Rte. 53 · northbound), IL, USA
the object was floating back and forth .....
Chicago · IL, USA
fire ball moving horizontally across sky
Coulterville · IL, USA
Triangle craft landed on the ground.
Alsip · IL, USA
Triangle Ufo flying down 1115th st. Alsip ,IL 2004
Rockford · IL, USA
When the orb disappeared, It was like turning off a light... It was no longer visible.
Carterville · IL, USA
Small shining dot flies straight North ((NUFORC Note: Possible satellite. PD))
Durand · IL, USA
Bright ((NUFORC Note: Venus. PD))
Hanna City · IL, USA
bluish white lights
Canton · IL, USA
Dark colored cigar shaped object at high speed (no smoke trail)
Rushville · IL, USA
We saw a trianglar shaped craft in the back woods of western Illinois.
Wheaton · IL, USA
A large, comet-like oval green fireball with a short dark yellow tail passed overhead sotheast to northwest for about 5 seconds.
Farmer City · IL, USA
Saw a neon bright blinking light in straight line in middle of afternoon disappear behind a cloud.
Palatine · IL, USA
could have been a bird or plane but....white ghost/smoke like, no lights, silent, bird or plane shaped, no wing movement, traveling st
Peoria · IL, USA
Digital image.
Atwood · IL, USA
one opject, it shined, reflected light very well. It appeared high in the sky, very small looked greyish/white. when i noticed it, the
Champaign · IL, USA
lights tumble over champaign, illinois
Chicago · IL, USA
The craft appeared to be a black triangle very, very quiet in rather quick in speed. It had reddish blinking strobe like lights and wh
Villa Park · IL, USA
I SAW BRIGHT GLARING OBJECTS THAT GENERATED A MOTOR SOUND AND THEN SUDDENLY BOLTED AWAY.