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)
Naperville · IL, USA
Mysterious single light south of N'ville zipping very fast up, down, sideways, angling upwards, then downwards blinking at times.
Oak Lawn · IL, USA
Large white bright light moving left to right and looked like it was coming down as if it was going to land. Then stood still in the s
Ottawa · IL, USA
Strange fire-like lights in the sky (3 total) near Ottawa, IL, that extinguished after a few minutes, leaving only a red light.
Niles · IL, USA
Very bright 1 foot in diameter ball of artificial light traveling at high speed over Niles, Illinois.
Rolling Meadows · IL, USA
Orb that pulsed on and off, that fly across the fly like shadows and if the go faster they light. They appear every other day here.
Jonesboro · IL, USA
Directly south I watched a solid white light descend from sky from about 80°, moved really slowly.
Chicago · IL, USA
As I open my front door, I noticed a soundless amber light streaking through the scarcely clouded night sky coming my direction.
Algonquin · IL, USA
5 Yellow/Orange moving lights seen in sky over Algonquin, Illinois.
Niles · IL, USA
Flying object, with alternating randomly alternating red and green lights and a blinking white light. 29 second recorded video.
Crystal Lake · IL, USA
Red light.
Ottawa · IL, USA
Five balls of light falling from Ottawa, IL, sky.
Godfrey · IL, USA
7 oranges lights floating in sky.
Park Ridge · IL, USA
15-20 orange light over NW suburbs of Chicago.
Oak Lawn · IL, USA
This happened to me for the 3rd time in the last 10 months.
Chicago · IL, USA
Bright orange ufo in sky midway area!
Buffalo Grove · IL, USA
Bright starlike object with changing speeds and floating movement at very high altitude moving W to E, without dimming in intensity.
Chicago · IL, USA
It was a light, and just changing colors.
Palatine · IL, USA
Red/orange lights or flames in the late evening sky--moving northwest.
Bartlet · IL, USA
Intermittent changing lights in sky west of Bartlet. Blue, yellow, purple. The lights dropped 1 by 1 then vanished. Happened numerous t
Chicago · IL, USA
Blue lights high-speed with a sudden stop, Chicago il near downtown.
Galena · IL, USA
A very bright orange reddish stationary light in the eastern slightly southern sky about 30 degrees above horizon.
Barrington · IL, USA
I randomly have been seeing small light in the sky changing colors moving around. It's been like this for the past week.
Oak Lawn · IL, USA
Bright Light UFO near Chicago Ridge Mall.
Streamwood · IL, USA
A light I have never seen before in that area. ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of a celestial body? PD))
Bloomington · IL, USA
Starlike object in western sky seen by many on multiple occasions. ((NUFORC Note: Venus?? PD))