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)
Lockport · IL, USA
Blue and red steady object.
Chicago · IL, USA
More Orange orbs in the night sky in Chicago
Pekin · IL, USA
Diamond shape. Orangish redish color. Descending brightness.
South Chicago Height · IL, USA
Black 5 point object. ((NUFORC Note: We suspect that the dark object is a butterfly or moth. PD))
Sesser · IL, USA
Bright lights in the shape of a triangle disappeared into the night sky.
Carlinville · IL, USA
Large red orb followed vehicle before turning to bright white orb and separating into two orbs and blinking out.
Chicago · IL, USA
Green fireball streaking low across Chicago. ((NUFORC Note: Possible meteor? PD))
Kaneville · IL, USA
Green-Blue comet-like fireball flies over I-88.
Aurora · IL, USA
Large green fireball.
Crete · IL, USA
While facing southern night sky a blue neon fireball passed by, from east going west. I was able to observed it for 10 seconds in clear
Shelbyville · IL, USA
Bright light, faster than a jet.
Arlington Heights · IL, USA
End tip of handle of Ursa Major, the pot, in the west sky, had a star way below and about two degrees south.
Belvidere · IL, USA
3 orange lights in sky in Belvidere, IL.
Willowbrook · IL, USA
Strange object reflecting the light the morning sun. ((NUFORC Note: Case from MUFON Case Management System. PD))
Oregon · IL, USA
Very fast, white, UFO streaks across entire sky.
Manteno · IL, USA
Amber orbs moving from East to West and them disappearing.
Pecatonica · IL, USA
We saw a steady faint light in the night sky traveling at a speed that was too fast for a plane but too slow for a metor.
Niles · IL, USA
Police Officer observed 2 silent red spheres with shimmering white halos moving east in "wing-man" formation.
Niles · IL, USA
State policeman & 2 others observed large lights that looked like on a water or tower, but no tower. ((NUFORC Note: MUFON case. PD)
Cicero · IL, USA
Red colored balloon-shaped object with some source of light from it.
Hinsdale · IL, USA
3 orange/red circles maintain formation and speed.
Brookport · IL, USA
Red lights over southern Illinois.
Bartlett · IL, USA
Bright green/red HOVERING object 5 mins west sky (during fireworks to north) DARTED with impossible speed SE, hovered, disappeared.
Chicago · IL, USA
Orange, pulsating object zooming across Chicago sky.
Tinley Park · IL, USA
No sound, two circular orbs following eachother then disapeared.