UFO Sightings in Illinois
4,055 UFO sightings reported in Illinois since 1946, peaking in 2012 (270 reports); most often described as light.
- Total sightings
- 4,055
- Span
- 1946–2025
- Peak year
- 2012 (270 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Light
1946–2025 · peak 2012 (270 reports)
Top cities in Illinois
Chicago
1952–2021 · peak 2012 (29 reports)
Tinley Park
1971–2021 · peak 2004 (92 reports)
Rockford
1964–2022 · peak 2001 (42 reports)
Springfield
1979–2021 · peak 2020 (8 reports)
Oak Lawn
1946–2020 · peak 2010 (10 reports)
Orland Park
1995–2019 · peak 2005 (15 reports)
Peoria
1966–2020 · peak 2012 (7 reports)
Naperville
1997–2022 · peak 2001 (4 reports)
Northbrook
1999–2022 · peak 2020 (16 reports)
Bloomington
1972–2020 · peak 2012 (5 reports)
Oak Forest
2003–2016 · peak 2005 (18 reports)
Aurora
1995–2022 · peak 2012 (5 reports)
Plainfield
1999–2020 · peak 2016 (5 reports)
Joliet
1979–2021 · peak 2012 (5 reports)
Palatine
1961–2021 · peak 2012 (4 reports)
Crystal Lake
1968–2021 · peak 2011 (4 reports)
Norris City
2018–2022 · peak 2018 (13 reports)
Elgin
1982–2021 · peak 2013 (4 reports)
Frankfort
1996–2017 · peak 2004 (4 reports)
Lombard
1997–2019 · peak 2013 (4 reports)
Atkinson (6 miles north of) · IL, USA
Young boy witnesses disc in sky above Illinois farmland in December 1925.
Rockford · IL, USA
Orange lights flashing on them and the was moving slow
Paris · IL, USA
Neighbor tells me for 2 months to look at sky when I finally do I saw that a plane wasnt a plane. now see them nightly
White Hall · IL, USA
Multiple lights in formation appearing from clouds then reentering clouds
Payson · IL, USA
MADAR Node 97
Norris City · IL, USA
MADAR Node 115
Payson · IL, USA
MADAR Node 97
Naperville · IL, USA
MADAR Node 196
Norris City · IL, USA
MADAR Node 115
Northbrook · IL, USA
I looked up from my balcony and thought I saw a vertical feather floating in the wind.
Aurora · IL, USA
Triangular craft hovered then disappeared
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.
Norris City · IL, USA
MADAR Node 115
Belvidere · IL, USA
Saw bright object that sun was reflecting from in sky and then dissapeared
Union · IL, USA
UFOs travel nightly over my property and house. Usually it’s quiet and I only see because I’m looking outside.
ST. JOHNS DU QUOIN ADDRESS · IL, USA
I looked up because rhe shine of the craft in the sun caught my eye
Bethalto · IL, USA
Its was a huge v shape that was way up and it was very fast
New Lenox · IL, USA
Bright white lights around the perimeter of a large object hovering about 50 feet(?) in the air
Beecher · IL, USA
Circular lights, different colors/shapes in sky
Newman · IL, USA
Surveillance caught this object spinning in One Direction & it completely stops & shoots out a bright light then spins the other direct
Quincy · IL, USA
It was a silent string of lights gliding across the sky and disappeared after a minute after we started recording
Huntley · IL, USA
giant straight line of lights moving slowly then disappeared
Downers Grove · IL, USA
Metallic cylinder in sky, hovering still no sound or movement.
Elgin · IL, USA
Long cylinder flying high in the sky no noice or lights.
Chicago · IL, USA
Chicago strange lights