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)
Wadsworth · IL, USA
Conducted CE5 protocols and immediately spotted a circular hovering craft monitoring me in the sky.
Bethalto · IL, USA
Huge v shape with 9 lights
Freeburg · IL, USA
Orbs that we’re hovering in one spot
Monee · IL, USA
Two flying objects trailing smoke, suddenly disappear.
Elgin · IL, USA
2 stationary orange orbs, different heights, suddenly vanished
Lansing · IL, USA
Taking pics of sky as I usually do
Payson · IL, USA
MADAR Node 97
Bolingbrook · IL, USA
Spherical object seen over Bolingbrook, IL
Chicago · IL, USA
20 feet long, metal object, hovering in air and then moved horizontally.
Ottawa · IL, USA
Robust contrail with no obvious traditional aircraft.
Mokena · IL, USA
About 12 glowing orbs flying about 1000 feet off the ground at a slow moving pace.
Joliet · IL, USA
Saturday Oct 25th About 7:20pm i was driving south on Ridge Rd as i passed Wheeler Rd I first noticed three lights in a triangle format
Cicero · IL, USA
Whitish sphere with red flashing light moving steady from E to W never changing its plane. ((NUFORC Note: Possibly 9 p.m.? PD))
Hodgkins · IL, USA
Three Tic-Tac UFO’s flying over UPS
Chicago · IL, USA
Cluster of ufos seen over a river tour in Chicago.
Norris City · IL, USA
MADAR Node 115
Payson · IL, USA
MADAR Node 97
Sycamore · IL, USA
Looked up at a piper plane traveling south of my home. As I looked at it to the west a beam of light, like headlights lit up a pathway
Norris City · IL, USA
MADAR Node 115
Dixon · IL, USA
I was fishing on the Rock River and noticed these weird lights that made no sound but we're extremely close and kept doing the same rot
Payson · IL, USA
MADAR Node 97
Tinley park · IL, USA
https://youtu.be/MpbCgoJ0aAg this has full description
Burbank · IL, USA
I looked up at the clouds and took pictures and then I looked at them and saw these
Burbank · IL, USA
look up and said wow at the clouds and then i look at pictures and then I see them.
Union · IL, USA
Beings on our property nightly coming over our house. Have proof.