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)
Hannah City · IL, USA
3 lights in triangular formation or craft. Moved in unison slowly in sky as we were star gazing, they then all 3 fizzled out and disap
Vienna · IL, USA
Triangular shape black craft with no visible windows or propulsion system, no landing gear solid red lights very close encounter
Moweaqua · IL, USA
We saw a bright white object hovering in the atmosphere almost directly overhead. It stayed in one place for several minutes and then
Peoria · IL, USA
Started in the east heading west with green small light,as it got closer the green light was no longer visible.
Homer Glen · IL, USA
Tuesday morning 7/14/20. Was on deck reading. Husband was reclining in chair watching dragonflies darting back and forth above him. Cal
Northbrook · IL, USA
MADAR Node 98
Wilmington (near) · IL, USA
Drive south bound on 53 past elwood almost to river rd. Isolated storm o my left I was takening a picture that it was just a small sect
Evergreen Park · IL, USA
3 Witnessess saw (2) flared objects traveling South West directly over our position.(1) object appeared first , and slowly disappe
Downers Grove/Chicago · IL, USA
5-7 org/red ORBS flying towards City of Chicago from Suburbs
Beach Park · IL, USA
Light Triangle over Waukegan Airport
Plainfield · IL, USA
Three events in Plainfield, Illinois from May 30-July 30.
Morris · IL, USA
I saw a strange, large ball of light outside my window.
Sesser · IL, USA
I saw a solid non-flashing light traveling slowly to the southeast before I lost sight of it after about 15 seconds or so and
Mchenry · IL, USA
A bright red object traveling like a plane going southwest. As I watched, a red spark rained downward from The object and the object ke
Waterman · IL, USA
Craft with 3 colored lights flying over farms between Waterman and Leland.
Bartlett · IL, USA
Steady bright object at sunset in western sky
Payson · IL, USA
MADAR Node 97
Edwardsville · IL, USA
Same color of star moving between two stars in the sky but stopped and dimmed out in its place
Chicago Heights · IL, USA
UFO travailing like a family. ((Starlink satellites?))((anonymous report))
Fox Lake · IL, USA
It was shinny, but had black in the bottom. No wings. No clouds or anything else in the sky. I pulled over, got out of me car and it
Northbrook · IL, USA
MADAR Node 98
Northbrook · IL, USA
MADAR Node 148
Palos Heights · IL, USA
bright orange ball
Naperville · IL, USA
Spotted six, meteor-like objects in strange flight pattern half hour after sundown around the moon.
Oswego · IL, USA
Orange/ Yellow orb moving at a high rate of speed with no sound or trails behind it