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)
Calhoun · IL, USA
There was three people that saw this and there was two planes went by it and then disappeared right before our eyes. The light was brig
Park Ridge · IL, USA
Bizarre sighting in O'Hare airspace 5/23/2018 8:15 am - 8:25 am Just north of airport. ((anonymous report))
Franklin · IL, USA
A/c flew N over home towards Jacksonville, IL,. About half as far up as jet liners, large flying V shape. ((anonymous report))
Cuba · IL, USA
Definitely UFOs because it certainly wasn’t the Amish.
Norris City · IL, USA
MADAR REPORT
Cherry Valley · IL, USA
Pulsing light at irregular intervals in northern IL USA. ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of Sirius?? PD))
Norris City · IL, USA
MADAR REPORT
Park Forest · IL, USA
UFO Sighting On Saturday, April 7th, 2018, approximately 8:00pm, I got up to let my dog out into the backyard.
Norris City · IL, USA
MADAR REPORT
Canton · IL, USA
So shiny it was almost blinding. "It appeared to be tall but shaped more like like a half circle." ((MUFON report))
Heyworth · IL, USA
Looking out the bedroom window, as my wife does at night before falling asleep,she noticed what she described as a purple light hoverin
Joliet · IL, USA
Object with alternating apperance transverses sky.
East Peoria · IL, USA
Bright white light turns out to be 3 lights in triangle formation. ((anonymous report))
Machesney park · IL, USA
While driving west in Machesney Park I noticed a string of lights located low in the sky, below where the stars are.
Norris City · IL, USA
MADAR REPORT
Chicago · IL, USA
3 bright light orbs seen over Chicago. ((anonymous report))
Chicago · IL, USA
3 bright lights over Chicago.
Norris City · IL, USA
MADAR 115
Aurora · IL, USA
Took a few pictures of the sunset and on three of the pictures there was an object on each picture. ((anonymous report))
Chicago · IL, USA
2 strange floating bright reddish-orange lookin disk with what looks like 3 lights beaming from it silently move. ((anonymous report))
Hawthorn Woods · IL, USA
While taking Picture of the trees and sun, the bright item showed up far between the trees, however it moved up higher and observed nex
DeKalb · IL, USA
5 Hovering bright lights seen over Chicagoland
Mattoon · IL, USA
Cloaked UFO in daytime over Mattoon, Illinois, watertower is huge. ((NUFORC Note: "Sighting" explained away by witness. PD))
Charleston · IL, USA
Silver rectangle UFO over Charleston, IL.
Chicago · IL, USA
Triangle shape lights over Chicago.