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)
Rockford · IL, USA
13 orange lights moved steadily and at times flew closely and eventually faded away.
Rockford · IL, USA
Several orange lights moving about each other across the sky, but as a pack and then disappeared.
Rockford · IL, USA
Bright lights floating East over the city of Rockford, IL.
Rockford · IL, USA
While taking out the garbage thursday night, I saw two groups of bright amber lights hanging in the sky on the east side of Rockford, h
Rockford · IL, USA
Ten orange lights in a circular formation non blinking non moving in the east direction. There was a blink then they were gone. When
Rockford · IL, USA
same as above
Rockford · IL, USA
Lights seen in Rockford, Il when coming home at night. Color sort of off pink like street lights.
Glendale Heights · IL, USA
Saw a bright, soundless light hovering for 45 min., that slowly moved off to the north.
Bolingbrook · IL, USA
Bright twinkling light hovered for 35 minutes southwest of Chicago, IL.
Charleston · IL, USA
pin point of light hovering, then speeding off and just disapearing.
Peoria · IL, USA
saw eight total lights in wide V formation for 5 seconds and then they disappeared.
Carbondale · IL, USA
Bright light moving across sky at very fast speed & very high alttitude
Darien · IL, USA
bright light in my window, stops, flies in oppisite direction.
Ringwood · IL, USA
We witnessed 4 swirling balls of light that met in the night sky and dropped a shaft of light to the ground
Schuyler County · IL, USA
Observed bright green light fall with no tail, fragment into bright orange-yellow lights that remained in a stationary position.
Quincy (15 miles south of) · IL, USA
Strange light on the southern horizon, eventually circling sky to fly off to northeast.
Rockford · IL, USA
UFOs were seen again over Rockford,IL this evening as reported by Channel 23 TV news on their 10 p.m. report. A short video clip was s
Rockford · IL, USA
This was something we all have NEVER seen before. There has been no investigation that we know of, except it was reported on the news.
Rockford · IL, USA
Orange lights, flying low. Fire balls shooting out of one. Another flew off into space.
Rockford (southern skies of) · IL, USA
On Wed. Feb.16,2000 I had just come out of the logli's grocery store on State st. in Rockford, IL. I placed my groceries in the van and
Gurnee · IL, USA
Driving to movies with my daughter and mother and just before arriving daughter noticed a light in the sky to the west...it wasn't movi
Trenton · IL, USA
My friend and I were coming home from seeing The Green Mile when I noticed a brilliant light changing colors in northern sky.
Rockford · IL, USA
3 orange lights hovering in the sky east of Rockford, IL, on the outskirts of town toward Belvidere, IL.
Taylorville · IL, USA
A bright burning light or fireball traveling North to South, that gradually disappeared.
Bloomington · IL, USA
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