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)
Wheeling · IL, USA
Red round light in sky fading in and out , then light starts to fall towards earth
Chicago (east of) · IL, USA
we both saw a huge dark cylinderical UFO with a haze around it ,moving real fast and also two small UFO like tear drop,vanishing in sec
Streamwood · IL, USA
Oval Formation of 8 or 9 Bright White and Red Lights - Then Object changed position so only 3 Lights Visible - Streamwood, IL
Chicago · IL, USA
Circular flying object moving westward over Chicago
Itasca · IL, USA
Bright white lights flash across the night sky
Chicago · IL, USA
Bright green/white lights hovering over Chicago area.
Downers Grove · IL, USA
Large, glowing bluish/white object glides eastbound over northern Illinois and Chicago.
Deerfield · IL, USA
Black Triangle over Chicago Suburbs spotted twice.
Woodridge · IL, USA
Fours UFO's seen in Woodridge, IL, 6/9/07
Chicago · IL, USA
4 objects spoted over Lake Michigan in Chicago
Carol Stream · IL, USA
Bright green object slowly moving across the sky.
Hartsburg · IL, USA
Two Nights in a row, I witnessed a triangle shaped object with red lights around it and green lights on the bottom.
Columbia · IL, USA
Triangular object moving across the sky on a clear night in Metro East St Louis. Moving fast and straight from E-SE to W-NW at high alt
Oak Lawn · IL, USA
Light buld like candle - Goverment?
Carbondale · IL, USA
Triangular object moving at an extremely slow speed covered the starlit sky as it flew across local neighborhood
Downers Grove · IL, USA
I was taking photos of storm clouds and captured a UFO
Cary · IL, USA
Very Bright White Light Making No Noise At Low Altitude
St. Charles · IL, USA
I departed DuPage Airport in West Chicago, IL to the west at 10:00. About 10 minutes into the flight at 2,500 feet, I noticed something
Park Forest · IL, USA
Twin dots heading southwest near chicago. ((NUFORC Note: ISS orbiting with Space Shuttle. PD))
Chicago · IL, USA
This turn was immpossible.
Mount Prospect · IL, USA
I saw 2 stars towing each other and on shinning very very bright as it started to vanish. ((NUFORC Note: Space Shuttle w/ ISS?? PD))
Westmont · IL, USA
Rapid moving lights. ((NUFORC Note: Space Shuttle w/ ISS?? PD))
Shorewood · IL, USA
Huge white blimp covered with clouds.
Carol Stream · IL, USA
Speefy fat disk shaped craft spotted against a cloudy sky.
Danville · IL, USA
Huge, shiny, lights going counter clockwise intermittently Shiny No Displacement of Air Hovered Above me a few feet away. No Sound