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
Stationary light fades from view
Springfield · IL, USA
((NUFORC Note: Witness fails to provide detailed information about the sighting. PD))
Quincy · IL, USA
One emensely bright light observed to my northwest which faded after about 12 seconds after it caught my eye. Didn't move.
Lockport · IL, USA
((NUFORC Note: Source of report provides no detailed information about the sighting. PD))
Vernon Hills · IL, USA
Green ball of light blasts forward and disappears in Vernon Hills, Illinois.
Chicago · IL, USA
I was leaving a friends home in the Irving Park neighborhood of Chicago and happened to be looking up and witnessed a bright green ligh
Morton Grove · IL, USA
Bright red light over North suburbs of Chicago.
Payson · IL, USA
Just a few deg S of the sun, which was sitting on the horizon and at about 30 degrees angle above the horizon,
Morris · IL, USA
I saw a strange, large ball of light outside my window.
Sesser · IL, USA
I saw a solid non-flashing light traveling slowly to the southeast before I lost sight of it after about 15 seconds or so and
Waterman · IL, USA
Craft with 3 colored lights flying over farms between Waterman and Leland.
Bartlett · IL, USA
Steady bright object at sunset in western sky
Edwardsville · IL, USA
Same color of star moving between two stars in the sky but stopped and dimmed out in its place
Chicago Heights · IL, USA
UFO travailing like a family. ((Starlink satellites?))((anonymous report))
Collinsville · IL, USA
While on a walk with a friend of mine I was looking up at the stars and noticed one move slightly downwards and then return to its posi
Oak Park · IL, USA
Flickering light moving across daytime sky
Forest Park · IL, USA
From my 5th floor balcony a single white light, no sound, from the South moving slowly North. Through binoculars I noted no other light
Winfield · IL, USA
Slow moving object with flashing red/white lights (not red and green like planes, I know bc we live near the airport and see planes al
Manito · IL, USA
What appeared to be a star was noted by one observer, stating that it looked to be blinking. As we turned our attention to the "st
Glenview · IL, USA
2 strange light objects move across the north suburban evening sky presumably undetected, . . . or not? Captured on video! !
ROCKFORD · IL, USA
2 identically shaped objects with multiple bright lights in night sky. There was a center light with lighted "spokes" on both
Auora · IL, USA
28 in line lights evacuating from Orion's Belt. ((Starlink satellites))
Chicago · IL, USA
Series of 12 white lines in linear order traveling NE through Chicago. not perfect line but path. ((Starlink satellites?))
Salem · IL, USA
Went outside and there was a light pretty high up over our tree line (from our view) this light has been here for a while and before wa
Leaf River · IL, USA
Saw 7-9 very dim lights moving SW-NE very fast in line , no flashing lights like a plane. ((Starlink satellites?))