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)
Moline · IL, USA
Triangle white lights on 3 edge.
Joliet · IL, USA
7 Orange-Red lights hovering over Joliet, IL
Rock Falls · IL, USA
Saw an aircraft hovering above a field, no sound
Danville · IL, USA
Bluish light
Cicero · IL, USA
Ufo passes from northwest to southeast casually at low altitudes in cicero, ill.
Vandalia · IL, USA
Bright red light at high speed.
Oswego · IL, USA
4 silent orange balls of light flying across field of view chasing each other at decent rate of speed and quite low above Oswego, IL.
Peoria · IL, USA
Pattern of orange/red round objects seen over Peoria, IL at about 11:00 PM on 11/17/12
Peoria · IL, USA
Red Orange spheres seen in Peoria Il
Worth · IL, USA
Fireballs turning into plane like objects.
Worth · IL, USA
Fireballs appear out of nowhere and morph shapes as they hover away.
Rockton · IL, USA
Orange orbs above tollway.
Jacksonville · IL, USA
4 orange glowing, non flickering spheres, very crisp and clear.
Freeburg · IL, USA
Bright orange fireball in the night sky.
Chicago · IL, USA
Brilliant yellow/orange star-like light seen over downtown Chicago.
Springfield · IL, USA
Starlike moving object that suddenly disappeared.
Palatine · IL, USA
Bright red object moving slowly in the sky, changes color and direction and disappears.
Hinsdale · IL, USA
Orange fireball quickly ascending in sky in West suburbs of Chicago
Canton · IL, USA
This is my second sighting near this area since 2001.
Roscoe · IL, USA
It was a round shape spacecraft,it had white and black lights... it flashed like twice to me and i got a headace from it then it just l
St. Charles · IL, USA
14-15 Red lights over Kane County near St. Charles, Illinos.
Marion · IL, USA
I was leaving my friend's house to go home. My friend and her 3 1/2 year old daughter walked me to her front door when she noticed all
Blue Island · IL, USA
Red circular object surrounded by yellow glow flying w/no sound quickly coming out of east turning southbound
Chicago · IL, USA
UFO’s spotted in Chicago in the early morning on 10/12/12.
Pekin · IL, USA
EIGHT ORANGE AND RED LIGHTS OVER PEKIN, IL.