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)
Bloomingdale · IL, USA
Silent balloon shaped object
Hanover Park · IL, USA
THREE GLOWING SPHERES IN SHAPE OF TRIANGLE IN SKY SEEMED TO MOVE AWAY FROM ME AS I MOVED TOWARD IT .THEN LEFT
Round Lake Beach · IL, USA
two objects one v shaped 3 lights on top, under brownish dimmed light another triangle shaped lights on top flying north.
Rockford · IL, USA
November, Exact date I'm not sure of except it was early in the month. Sky was clear and I was taking a walk as I usually do. It was ju
Harvard · IL, USA
Harvard, IL. 11/8/03 8:00 pm 5 minutes triangle shape no noise traveling to the south south east lights on side and rear
Batavia · IL, USA
4 object in daylight
Grayslake · IL, USA
Dimond shaped craft with pulsating multicolor lights -- very fast -- not a plane.
Aurora · IL, USA
every ten minuts the 4 disk shaped formation flashed about half an hor later i past out
Hanover Park · IL, USA
Possible triangle caught on tape in Illinois.
Illinois · IL, USA
Lighted V pattern but couldn't determine whether it was one object or several
Chicago (west suburbs) · IL, USA
2 soft white lights, one disappears and reappears quickly next to the other during a sunset.
Bourbonnais · IL, USA
Strange white triangular craft possibly military or not.
Rockford · IL, USA
Light hovered for at least an hour with colors of white, green and red.
La Moille · IL, USA
My wife used to be a skeptic, now she doesnt know what to say but that it was the most amazing thing she`s ever seen
Carpentersville · IL, USA
We witnessed a Pyramid shaped object just above the tree line about 500 feet up moving west southwest at a rapid rate around 8:00ish Ce
Carbondale · IL, USA
I saw a metalic triangle with semi-cirles at the points traveling above the tree line N to NW at 3:35 PM. It picked up speed and left.
Chicago · IL, USA
HUGE UFO INSIDE GREY CLOUD,WITH LONG COLUNMS OF LIGHTS,SIGHTED IN DWNTWN CHICAGO, OCT '03.
Chicago · IL, USA
Standing on my backporch I saw a disklike object gliding slowly through the air
Prophetstown · IL, USA
we saw a star and it raised above the clouds, a few nights later saw the same thing and it then dissappeared
Rockford · IL, USA
Spectral kind of light 20 degrees above the horizon than vanished.
Springfield · IL, USA
In the sky over my head 2 bright white disk shaped objects that seemed to be chasing each other just playing around. Then they just too
O'Fallon · IL, USA
I am now a believer in UFO's because of my experience with a Green object last night.
Palatine · IL, USA
Booms associated with Bartlet sightings 10/29/03.
Bartlett · IL, USA
Mysterious white orbs in night sky - moving in a repetitive sequence - within the same circular area - which stayed in the same spot .
Coal Valley · IL, USA
Three objects spread apart near the constellation of Draco and travel in tandem until they ultimately grow faint and disappear.