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)
Alsip · IL, USA
i went outside to have a cigarette right when i lit it i saw a weird shaped object on the corner of my right eye. so i turned all the w
Tinley Park · IL, USA
Tinley Park Follow-up
Tinley Park · IL, USA
Red Light Hovering Motionless In the Sky
Peoria · IL, USA
Red, white and blue unmoving orb.
Winnebago County (west of) · IL, USA
bright light with an even brighter light on its left side sorta hoovering for a while then began to rappidly move faster.
Pontiac · IL, USA
Four lights horizontal with the trajectory, flying very fast.
Pontiac · IL, USA
four horizontal lights, dimly lit and flying in a unusual way
Belleville · IL, USA
Irritating sounds from a low flying object
Peoria · IL, USA
A bright light in the sky, mid-afternoon, moved unbelievably fast and was gone.
In-flight (exact location unknown) · IL, USA
UFO sited over Illinois
Elmhurst · IL, USA
early morning green glowing ball of light
SOHO Observatory · IL, USA
Large Saucer Shaped UFO on SOHO blue spectrum photo frame @ 7:00am, Jan 21, 2004.
Downers Grove · IL, USA
Object decellerated, stopped, hovered, and then accellerated upward at fantastic rate of speed.
Chicago (Midway Clearing Dist.) · IL, USA
Strange Craft Hovers Chicago Midway Clearing District
unknown · IL, USA
I saw a light travel horizontially south to north, then dive, then dissapear.
DeKalb (outside of) · IL, USA
red light darting across the sky, oddly spaced
St Charles · IL, USA
No outline visible other than the bright light.
Belleville · IL, USA
Dull white starlike object traveling east to west
Centralia · IL, USA
Two red circles of light growing brighter ,then slowly dim ,go out and ,then reappear.
Palatine · IL, USA
A warning from another galaxi
Lawrenceville · IL, USA
Orange object in sky.
Loves Park · IL, USA
triangle object hovering above field next to me then dissappeared
Mt.Vernon · IL, USA
Silent wingless silver tube.
Lake in the Hills · IL, USA
Flashes of light
Chicago · IL, USA
UFO Sighting in downtown Chicago