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)
Saint Charles · IL, USA
Red Star like light moving NW to SE
Reynolds · IL, USA
a solid white light traveling West to East, dimmed and then disappeared
Bourbonnais · IL, USA
A plasma-like ball shot across the sky at an incredibly high speed and disappeared, leaving an eerie trail of light behind.
Worth · IL, USA
Bright light seen streaking across suburban Chicago sky.
Rockford · IL, USA
There was lights on a hoovering UFO, that only moved side to side and back and forward.
Chicago · IL, USA
Midwestern location view of a single star moving north across the night sky at 7:40 pm on 9/13/10.
Westeren Springs · IL, USA
i sent in a post dated same date ,this is photos of that night you posted the event but not the pics it was a great light moving all ov
Highland Park · IL, USA
Bright light seen in the North heading south then to vanish in a red color.
Caseyville · IL, USA
Golden - yellow, half dark ball moved across sky and turned into an orange flash in Caseyville, IL on 9-15
Tinley Park · IL, USA
Tinley Park Lights 3 Red Lights form a Triangle
Lakewood · IL, USA
EXTREMLY BRIGHT OBEJCT OF CONTINUOUS LUMINOSITY.
Grayslake · IL, USA
Large black rectangular object moving silently towards the east horizon; no sound; no lights, but entered the atmosphere with a bright
Galesburg · IL, USA
Three people saw two objects,one was a jet the other unknown oval gray object. The jet was following the oval object at great speed but
((Unspecified location)) · IL, USA
Strobing Chevron
Chicago · IL, USA
10-12 lights floating in a Y formation then separating in groups of 3, all while silent, no noise was made.
South Elgin · IL, USA
Object taking flight near Ohare Airport!!!
South Elgin · IL, USA
two orange craft approx. 1/2 mile apart moving west
Chicago Ridge · IL, USA
The disc was encircled by lights and hovered only one hundred feet above the ground.
Woodhull · IL, USA
my wife & I saw a light the size of a star moving @ a high rate of speed from W to E. ((NUFORC Note:
Chillicothe · IL, USA
bright orange glowing lights traveling over Chillicothe, Illinois
Hillsboro · IL, USA
Abducted and screen memories were in place. Injury took place, screen memories have failed.
Sublette · IL, USA
Lite moved across the sky changing colors from white to orange makes a 90 degree turn towards earth and stops hanging in the sky change
Morris · IL, USA
3 metalic spheres connected in a triangle in daytime
Granite City · IL, USA
bright light, stationary,seemed to kind of roll then slowly dissapeared,
Naperville · IL, USA
Spherical object or ball of light flying low and fast while recording clouds