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)
Manteno · IL, USA
((HOAX??)) Saw Egg shaped craft taking off from a felid, it was blue, flew for about 500 ft then diseparred.
Peotone · IL, USA
((HOAX??)) Was driving in the country side, saw a blue egg shaped craft flying very low.
Willmington · IL, USA
((HOAX??)) Very Fast Egg shapped craft, Red, flew by at a speed that airplanes ussaualy dont fly at. Craft was flying north.
Monee · IL, USA
((HOAX??)) Egg shaped Craft, Red, Very Fast, Flying North East.
Carlinville · IL, USA
Illinois 2 Perfect Circles and 2 Figure 8's inside the same circle, 10 Second elapsed time
Peotone · IL, USA
((HOAX??)) Fast, Blue shapped egg craft, very bright.
Glenview · IL, USA
Fireball at first, now i just see a glowing light which keeps blinking. ((NUFORC Note: Sighting of Sirius?? PD))
Elmhurst · IL, USA
Bright white spherical object flying low over Roosevelt Road near Elmhurst, IL
Inverness · IL, USA
Stationary object over with flashing colored lights in center and 4 or 5 dark disks on side of object.
Chicago · IL, USA
6 circular lights in the sky forming a triangle just before a storm
Sullivan · IL, USA
3 disc shaped objects
Joliet · IL, USA
Orange sphere with a tail pointing up.
Crete · IL, USA
4 orange lights in formation
Chicago · IL, USA
Today is November 10, 2010 and I believe I may have seen something suspicious in the western sky. It appeared to be a flashing of ligh
Decatur · IL, USA
this thing was no ordinary shape
Brimfield · IL, USA
small bright sphere with red gas cloud in cornfield
Rockford · IL, USA
Black "shadow"(dim light outlined) triangular craft spotted gliding silently in night sky over Rockford, IL.
Rock Falls · IL, USA
On November 15 2010 at approximately 11:35 pm, while driving at approximately 60 mph along Route 2 (Dixon Road) near Rock Falls Illinoi
Freeport · IL, USA
Flashing red light flew through Freeport.
Chicago · IL, USA
11/21/10 chicago,ill 11:45 pm. bright diamon shape moving across sky 12/09/10
Rockford · IL, USA
Black "shadow"(dim light outlined) triangular craft spotted gliding silently in night sky over Rockford, IL.
Galena · IL, USA
10/02/10 - Galena, Illinois a triangular shaped object flying low, straight, silent with constant lights on each corner. Lasting 20 SEC
Beecher · IL, USA
5 orange lights change intensity and move around in western sky near horizon. ((NUFORC Note: Possible stars?? PD))
Bloomington · IL, USA
Light traveling at high altitude flaring into a bright "star" then fading again
Elk Grove Village · IL, USA
Traveling towards O'Hare/Chicago, Huge Low Flying 3 Tiered Inverted Triangle Flying Objects