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
Bright orange colored UFO in Chicago
Peotone · IL, USA
Green light followed by white trail in Illinois.
Aurora · IL, USA
Large, bright, amber, flaring light over Aurora, IL
Apple River · IL, USA
Bright orange lights sighted in Apple River, Illinois
Lombard · IL, USA
White flat circle with pulsating lights in sky
Macomb · IL, USA
Flaming spherical object flying below cloud cover from east to west in a slow steady horizontal motion.
Franklin Parl · IL, USA
Two star like objects moving very slow east in the sky. Then all of a sudden they both disapperead instantly. To far up to be an airpla
Carbondale · IL, USA
3 bright lights over southern IL ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of ISS and Shuttle. PD))
South Elgin · IL, USA
2 lights high in sky that looked like 2 comets following the same path. ((NUFORC Note: ISS and Space Shuttle in formation? PD))
Chicago · IL, USA
On Friday, September 11, at about 21:30 hours I observed, in the sky south of my home in Prospect Heights, Illinois, two very bright ob
Chicago · IL, USA
Tear shaped objects slowly moving across the lake about 100 feet from the surface of the water.
Chicago · IL, USA
Amberish orb 20-30,000 ft above the night sky in Lincoln Park area Chicago, IL, Sept' 2009.
Chicago · IL, USA
3 red/orange lights in an isosceles triangle formation.
Gurnee · IL, USA
Two spherical bright orange objects flew slowly across the sky, slowed down and kept going in a straight line and then disappeared.
Aurora · IL, USA
Slow bright light, no sonic sound and turned sharply and light turned red and disappeared
Lincolnshire · IL, USA
Fleet of unbeleivably low flying airplanes searching for UFO's with spotlights
Barrington · IL, USA
two fast moving dim lights over chicago subburb
Chicago · IL, USA
UFO seen in Chicago.
Belvidere · IL, USA
Object moving west to east very quickly, no noise, one steady light in front one flashing light at rear.
Chicago · IL, USA
Circle light ball in a city,traveling perfectly straight and at the same height all the time.
Red Bud · IL, USA
Large circular object with red blinking lights over Red Bud, IL Sunday Night
Chicago · IL, USA
It was 4:30 in the morning. Me and my friend were watching the Metorer shower. We noticed what we thought was a star in the sky was i
Chicago · IL, USA
Triangular aircraft, hovering, orange lights and no sound
Chebanse · IL, USA
Huge triangle shaped object with spectacular lights zooming from the horizon to just about 12ft above ground and 500 ft away
Prophetstown · IL, USA
A silver/bright round/disk object flying at a high rate of speed in an irregular path at a high altitude in a cloudy sky over N. IL.