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)
Springfield · IL, USA
Fast moving v formation high in the night sky.
St. Charles · IL, USA
Saw two ufos at 8 pm in St. Charles, IL on 4/15/21, each ufo had 2 blue glowing rectangles, and flew over Meijer grocery store.
Countryside · IL, USA
I was driving home from Michigan and on the phone with a friend... As I was pulling into my driveway which heads east I noticed how bea
Northbrook · IL, USA
MADAR Node 98
Kingston · IL, USA
Bright unexplained light east of Kingston Illinois
Northbrook · IL, USA
MADAR Node 98
Palatine · IL, USA
Unknown erratic movement in a :30 second shutter photo.
Dixon · IL, USA
Small orb of bright light. Moving very fast and seemed to disappear into thin air.
Payson · IL, USA
MADAR Node 97
Mattoon · IL, USA
Flashing bright green and yellow circle flying across the sky and disappearing.
Normal · IL, USA
Triangle of 3 lights moving west in the sky just west of Normal Illinois.
Willowbrook · IL, USA
observed circulating light
Flat Rock · IL, USA
There was an orange light that was hovering. I went further out into my yard and I could then see some blue, green, and red lights. It
Essex · IL, USA
Colorful flash of lights out of nowhere
Bloomingdale · IL, USA
I saw a ship that i saw on tv a month ago, five states over from illinois. its big stays dark for 7 seconds then a light turns silver
Belleville · IL, USA
My son and I were siting in the Kitchen when a military helicopter flew low overhead (under 500'). We went outside to see what was hap
Granite City · IL, USA
2 White lights moving in unison in Granite City, IL
Northbrook · IL, USA
MADAR Node 98
Springfield · IL, USA
Saw between 20-30 diagonally aligned lights that looked like stars. They were southwest of Springfield, Il. They did not move but aft
springfield · IL, USA
saw a vertical line of 6 lights that were equidistant apart rising in the distant sky. They appeared to disappear into the clouds slowl
Brookfield · IL, USA
Walked outside to take my dog out. Looked up at the sky and saw several things that looked like stars moving across the sky to the sout
Granite City · IL, USA
String of lights in the night sky
Beecher · IL, USA
row of lights in perfect order and spacing
Mc Henry · IL, USA
12-15 white dot/dashes in straight line formation in Northern Illinois
Northbrook · IL, USA
Witnessed near grocery store