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)
Decatur · IL, USA
((HOAX??)) small and white
Batavia · IL, USA
UFO CRASH OVER BATAVIA>
Batavia · IL, USA
Orb sited under cloud,disappears, then a minute later see it falling out of the sky like a metorite, jet chasing it.
Batavia · IL, USA
sphere in sky.
Western Springs · IL, USA
Flashing bright lights, cirular clockwise movement going straight.
Jacksonville · IL, USA
Oval white light with no navigational lights travelling to the northeast.
Sandwich · IL, USA
Possible UFO Sighting in Sandwich, IL.
Hodgkins · IL, USA
at 11:17 pm I was at work taking a smoke break in baever oil co smoking area I obesereved a tiny white lite traveling south to north th
Jacksonville · IL, USA
Ball of light, west of city, was wiggling, observed for 20 min. ((NUFORC Note: Sighting of Venus? PD))
O'Fallon · IL, USA
Object moved back and forth and changed colors. red, white, yellow,gold.
Hometown · IL, USA
Diamond shaped object with lights hovering then chased by military aircraft
McHenry · IL, USA
I saw giant birds flying at very fast speeds in and out of a cloud on may 3rd 2010
McHenry · IL, USA
((HOAX??)) I thought they were birds but the way they were flying didn't make sense.
McHenry · IL, USA
I saw living creatures swooping in and out of a cloud
Oak Lawn · IL, USA
Multiple mysterious fleets of UFOs in the night.
Bloomington · IL, USA
My cousin and I have been going up on the roof of my 3-story building every clear night for the past week. ((NUFORC Note: Venus? PD))
Lakewood (village of) · IL, USA
Group of red dots moving quickly
Chicago · IL, USA
A Pitch black sphere slowly hovered, moving in a south-eastern direction.
Rockford · IL, USA
((HOAX?)) At 11 O Clock Pm Me And My Friend Saw A Dimond Shped Object That Shot A Bliding Light At Us But No Damage
Canton · IL, USA
two sets of five/six bright yellow lights too high to be an animal, too low/big to be aircraft /star appear out of nowhere in rural IL
Rockford · IL, USA
Transparent ship with triangular positioned lights in Rockford, Illinois
Rolling Meadows · IL, USA
We saw a circular object flying low in sky with 3 bright blue rotating lights, and it was silent.
Holiday Hills · IL, USA
object in sky falls from sky stops for 30 - 40 seconds , illuminates then flies back up to stars
Chicago · IL, USA
((HOAX??)) Glowing Fireball witnessed by 6 sober people in front of a chicago bar.
Rockford · IL, USA
Long black tube seen in Rockford IL