Disk UFO Sightings in Illinois
232 disk-shaped UFO sightings reported in Illinois since 1947, peaking in 2007 (19 reports).
- Total sightings
- 232
- Span
- 1947–2025
- Peak year
- 2007 (19 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Disk
1947–2025 · peak 2007 (19 reports)
Tinley Park · IL, USA
Saw a disc shaped craft with 3 lights
Mundelin · IL, USA
A witness near Mundelein, Illinois, reported a disk-shaped object in September 1970 whose unusual movement, more than its appearance, left a lasting impression during the brief thirty-second sighting.
Seymore/Farmer City/Weldon area · IL, USA
Large Aluminun-colored "Saucer"
Downers Grove · IL, USA
A flying-saucer-shaped object was reported traveling across the daytime sky over Downers Grove, Illinois, in June 1970, for five to ten minutes.
Champaign · IL, USA
Witnesses in Champaign, Illinois, debated in July 1969 whether an object covered in numerous lights resembled a disk or an enormous spider-like shape, visible about five minutes.
Peoria · IL, USA
A flying disk-shaped object was reported passing over northern Peoria, Illinois, one evening in July 1969, remaining visible for about one minute.
Oak Lawn · IL, USA
Two witnesses, a driving instructor and his student, reported two large disk-shaped objects in Oak Lawn, Illinois in March 1969, during a thirty-minute sighting.
London Mills · IL, USA
I was working at the Mecco mine near London Mills, IL on 10/05/68. Fall was dry so need for pumps in the strip mine after a rain was
Freeport/Rockford · IL, USA
A witness driving between Freeport and Rockford, Illinois reported a brilliant, round, disk-shaped object following their car for several miles late at night in July 1968, over ten to fifteen minutes.
Downers Grove · IL, USA
Three witnesses in Downers Grove, Illinois reported a disk-shaped object flying by at roughly airplane altitude under clear morning skies in June 1968, during a sighting under five minutes.
Chicago · IL, USA
Witnesses in Chicago, Illinois, reported a saucer-shaped object with two and a half visible portholes and a red light on top, which moved away at high speed, during a sighting in November 1967.
Peoria · IL, USA
Witnesses in Peoria, Illinois, reported two or three disk-shaped objects flying in formation during daylight, which then shot away quickly, in a sighting lasting several minutes in June 1967.
Galesburg · IL, USA
Huge Disk Hovering Over Neighbor's Home
Chicago · IL, USA
It hovered straight across from me.
Mt. Vernon · IL, USA
a late summer afternoon in a suburban neighborhood on a very clear day, with a moderate breeze blowing from the west. I looked up to w
Mt. Prospect · IL, USA
A witness in Mount Prospect, Illinois reported a round, disk-shaped object with lights around its perimeter hovering at telephone-pole height and emitting a humming sound, September 1964, 3-5 min.
Mt. Prospect · IL, USA
((HOAX??)) we could actually see the faces of grey type creatures looking back at us.
Taylorville · IL, USA
I lived in the country (on farm) and i was coming home about 1 mile from my house when i thought a car came up behind me and when it go
Chicago · IL, USA
A witness in Chicago, Illinois reported a disk-shaped object hovering above a highway on July 9, 1964, in a sighting lasting about 30 seconds.
Evanston · IL, USA
Witnesses in Evanston, Illinois watched a disk-shaped object with lights remain stationary above them at roughly a 45-degree angle, in a sighting lasting five to seven minutes in July 1963.
Great Lakes · IL, USA
A witness near Great Lakes, Illinois reported a very large, silent disk-shaped object in July 1963, in a sighting that lasted about eight minutes.
Great Lakes · IL, USA
A witness at the Great Lakes Naval base in Illinois reported a large object flying slowly overhead during boot camp in March 1963, in a sighting that lasted about 15 minutes.
Chicago · IL, USA
In the summer of 1962, witnesses in Chicago, Illinois, reported a disk-shaped lighted object in the sky, an event some later associated with a plane towing an illuminated sign.
Benton · IL, USA
In 1962, a young witness in Benton, Illinois, reported a saucer-shaped object that nearly landed nearby in daylight before flying away when their mother approached.
Lawrence County (rural agriculture field) · IL, USA
In 1962, a witness in rural Lawrence County, Illinois, reported a disk-shaped craft observed at close range over a rural agricultural field, for about fifteen minutes.