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)
Chicago · IL, USA
3 Lighted Objects Spotted in Chicago 9-14-2012
Westmont · IL, USA
Orange orbs flying in formation over Chicago land area US34
Chicago · IL, USA
Several Yelowish-Orang to Red lights over West Chicago
Peoria · IL, USA
Two sets of flickering orange lights in triangular form (6 lights total) seen over Rt 6 between Peoria and Chillicothe, IL, 9/15/12
Peoria · IL, USA
Round, bright red lighted objects of 10 or so, very quiet, flying south to north over Peoria, Illinois on 9/15/2012.
Naperville · IL, USA
Multiple orb shaped lights in the sky traveling over Naperville.
Chicago · IL, USA
Dancing Orbs
Jacksonville · IL, USA
Disk-on-disk UFO making atmosphere around it pulsate
Bradley · IL, USA
Two small football shaped objects locked in formation with no lights.
Bloomington · IL, USA
Row of approximately 6 lights of varying intensity and color:white, blue, red, yellow.Seen in north eastern sky. Seemed not to be
Canton · IL, USA
Saw several bright lights in sky over canton Il that apeared and disapeared several times
Richmond · IL, USA
Orange orbs traveling NNE. One after another with a 20 second space.
Danville · IL, USA
Slow moving glow in night sky.
Broadview · IL, USA
10 to 15 lights clustered in but unattached standing still in the sky
Brookfield · IL, USA
About 20 orange lights crossing the sky flying mostly in groups of 4
Lagrange Park · IL, USA
Multiple lights seen drifting across sky, orange colored.
Chicago · IL, USA
Bright orange orb fly's over Cook County, IL.
Chicago · IL, USA
Four orange globes moving slowly and changing positions
Oswego · IL, USA
Group of ten or more orange fireballs across Oswego, IL sky on 9/28/12
Brookfield · IL, USA
Star like object seen during daylight hours... Moving south.
Cicero · IL, USA
Two U.F.O's fly pass the moon at lightning fast speeds. ((NUFORC Note: Nighthawks and bats, caught in flight with video camera. PD))
McHenry · IL, USA
Multiple bright fireball orbs hovering over mchenry,il meijers.vanishing as jet approached them
Chicago · IL, USA
Shiny silver blimp-like aircraft - no wings..
Aurora · IL, USA
One UFO glowing different colors in the sky. another came like a shooting star from the first one and flashed real bright. then three m
Crete · IL, USA
3 pairs of orange circular shaped lights flying fast overhead.