Fireball UFO Sightings in Illinois
308 fireball-shaped UFO sightings reported in Illinois since 1958, peaking in 2012 (36 reports).
- Total sightings
- 308
- Span
- 1958–2020
- Peak year
- 2012 (36 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Fireball
1958–2020 · peak 2012 (36 reports)
Elburn · IL, USA
A large, amber glowing circular flying object was spotted, staying stationary for 40 secs before shifting to the left and disappearing
Chicago · IL, USA
((HOAX??)) Glowing Fireball witnessed by 6 sober people in front of a chicago bar.
Elgin · IL, USA
Twinkling, firely light surrounded by or in front a red circular shape moved across the sky before hovering and dissappearing.
Orion · IL, USA
fireball falling from the sky
Chicago · IL, USA
Bright orange colored UFO in Chicago
Macomb · IL, USA
Flaming spherical object flying below cloud cover from east to west in a slow steady horizontal motion.
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.
Chicago · IL, USA
August 23, 2009 Seven Chicago Witnesses view strange Orange Red balls of light in night sky.
Deerfield · IL, USA
Fireballs over Deerfield, IL
Chicago Ridge · IL, USA
Airplane looking orange fireball, like a plane going down.
Marengo · IL, USA
orange fireball floating in the sky about 20 sec looking west from Marengo Illinois then seemed to flicker out
Springfield · IL, USA
Orange fireball traveling vertical throughout the sky
Good Hope · IL, USA
Green Fireball Sighted in Western Illinois
Oakland · IL, USA
large fireball with tail
Chicago · IL, USA
Fireball over Chicago
Lake Forest · IL, USA
I observed a fireball with long tail that what I would normally consider to be a shooting star, except for color(distinctly green),size
Dekalb · IL, USA
Looked like a firey plane crash streaking across the sky. Very low, no body could be seen, only fire.
Galesburg · IL, USA
Fireball accross sky, didnt seem like meteor.
Elmhurst · IL, USA
Fireball object (2 of them) heading west to east at steady rate of speed. No sound emitted from the craft. Another followed behind.
Springfield · IL, USA
2 fireballs in sky.FA-22 Raptors intersepting its way
Elmhurst · IL, USA
Too fast for a balloon or blimp, too colorful and soundless
Rolling Meadows · IL, USA
2 Orange Fireball lights with random blinking pattern seen hovering 300 ft. above Woodfield Mall, Schaumburg Il
Hawthorn Woods · IL, USA
Glowing orange craft seen over Hawthorn Woods, IL on 07-04-08 at 23:35
New Lenox · IL, USA
Red -Orange object in early evening sky
Crystal Lake · IL, USA
Large Flaming Football-Shaped Object Over Crystal Lake, Illinois