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)
Bloomington · IL, USA
Light traveling at high altitude flaring into a bright "star" then fading again
Oak Lawn · IL, USA
Medium size Star Moving Very Slowing than disappear and more same thing again later on. ((NUFORC Note: Possible satellites. PD))
Oak Lawn · IL, USA
((HOAX??)) I bet it was that Chupacabra from the 80's that I saw flying this want to be Dish UFO
Naperville · IL, USA
Round object appears to have returned over my house
Tinley Park · IL, USA
I was outside BBQ and as always I tend to look up at the night sky a lot because I have seen two UFO’s in the past. It just so happene
Saint Charles · IL, USA
Red Star like light moving NW to SE
Reynolds · IL, USA
a solid white light traveling West to East, dimmed and then disappeared
Highland Park · IL, USA
Bright light seen in the North heading south then to vanish in a red color.
Chicago · IL, USA
10-12 lights floating in a Y formation then separating in groups of 3, all while silent, no noise was made.
South Elgin · IL, USA
Object taking flight near Ohare Airport!!!
Woodhull · IL, USA
my wife & I saw a light the size of a star moving @ a high rate of speed from W to E. ((NUFORC Note:
Chillicothe · IL, USA
bright orange glowing lights traveling over Chillicothe, Illinois
Granite City · IL, USA
bright light, stationary,seemed to kind of roll then slowly dissapeared,
Deerfield · IL, USA
Strange, bright, blinking object over Deerfield, IL. ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of Venus, we wonder. PD))
Oak Lawn · IL, USA
Fast Moving Dim light Filmed going Past Bright Star
Geneva · IL, USA
Light/object in Western Chicago suburbs. ((NUFORC Note: Jupiter would be visible in the southeast sky, at this time. PD))
Oak Lawn · IL, USA
zoomed camera on light and filmed did not look light a plane no sound no blinking lights
Christopher · IL, USA
Bright light moving slowly with what appears to be aircrafts around it. ((NUFORC Note: Possible celestial bodies?? PD))
Oak Lawn · IL, USA
Purple light UFO 10 minutes after Power Outage
Downers Grove · IL, USA
Two bright lights in sky that almost hit then turned and went in various directions at high rate of speed.
Lincoln · IL, USA
Light(s) near a hot air balloon during a balloon festival at Logan Co. Airport. ((NUFORC Note: Possible lens flares? PD))
Hinckley · IL, USA
Bright lights hoving between trees and water tower
Streamwood · IL, USA
Red Light, no sound, Moves from SW to NNE, below low clouds, 10-15Sec then disappeared.
Zion · IL, USA
Large bright light above far north Chicago suburbs
Lombard · IL, USA
i saw 3 lights moving im similar ways some really bright moving and dimming from white then red then vanishing.