Light UFO Sightings in Illinois
888 light-shaped UFO sightings reported in Illinois since 1955, peaking in 2004 (74 reports).
- Total sightings
- 888
- Span
- 1955–2022
- Peak year
- 2004 (74 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Light
1955–2022 · peak 2004 (74 reports)
Collinsville · IL, USA
Bright teal column of light from that came from clouds and touched the ground then disappeared, didn’t go back into clouds.
Newman · IL, USA
Surveillance caught this object spinning in One Direction & it completely stops & shoots out a bright light then spins the other direct
Huntley · IL, USA
giant straight line of lights moving slowly then disappeared
Chicago · IL, USA
Chicago strange lights
Joliet · IL, USA
Saturday Oct 25th About 7:20pm i was driving south on Ridge Rd as i passed Wheeler Rd I first noticed three lights in a triangle format
Crystal Lake · IL, USA
I witnessed a bright light zoom quickly from the west that stopped perfectly stationary over Crystal Lake IL during the fireworks show
Calumet Park · IL, USA
Rapid object with red lights hovered at high altitude over Chicago.
Wheeling · IL, USA
Unable to notice any shape. White light with hovering then fast jolty movement. There was only 1 light. Starless night with a full moon
Chicago · IL, USA
Single file formation of shiny upright ovals.
Wonder Lake · IL, USA
Object was moving very fast until it disappeared. Over 60k feet
Crest Hill · IL, USA
bright object moving southeast to northwest
Metropolis · IL, USA
The lights were not flashing and moving at the same speed.
Morris · IL, USA
We have an app to see the ISS and we just started looking up at the sky watching the ISS, and one person noticed a line of lights trave
Bolingbrook · IL, USA
My husband and I were sitting outside when I noticed lights, that looked like stars, moving in a straight line formation spaced out eve
Chicago · IL, USA
~50 tiny equally spaced lights moving in a single-file line formation
Des Plaines · IL, USA
I noticed an orange light in the sky, so I stepped outside to get a better look and to see if I would hear helicopter or an airplane en
Palatine · IL, USA
Three lit objects below the cloud line.
Palatine · IL, USA
Unknown erratic movement in a :30 second shutter photo.
Willowbrook · IL, USA
observed circulating light
Belleville · IL, USA
My son and I were siting in the Kitchen when a military helicopter flew low overhead (under 500'). We went outside to see what was hap
Granite City · IL, USA
2 White lights moving in unison in Granite City, IL
springfield · IL, USA
saw a vertical line of 6 lights that were equidistant apart rising in the distant sky. They appeared to disappear into the clouds slowl
Beecher · IL, USA
row of lights in perfect order and spacing
Chicago · IL, USA
Ufo travelled at high speed and disappeared in a portal?
SOUTH BARRINGTON · IL, USA
The sighting Starting at around 10:00 pm my brother and I filmed and took photos of a low flying light or craft hovering over our home.