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)
Bloomington · IL, USA
Spotted an indigo light to the east of the city. encounter lasted roughtly 15 minutes.
Andover · IL, USA
I viewed 50 to 60 orbs dropping out of a hole in the sky and moving northeast from my location.
Fairview Heights · IL, USA
Husband rushed into the house and made me go outside where six "stars" were playing in the sky.
Altamont · IL, USA
Small star like fleet of lights over night sky- No specific formation - not nose to tail, tail to nose. (("Starlink" satellites??))
Columbia · IL, USA
Dozen or more high altitude objects equidistance heading southeast (("Starlink" satellites??))
Savanna · IL, USA
Light in the sky hundreds of them ho into what seemed to be a black hole in the sky. ((Starlink satellites))
Rockford · IL, USA
They were in the Northwest sky traveling from West south west to north by North East in single file. ((Starlink satellites))
Des Plaines · IL, USA
Witness 30 star-like lights, appearing from southwest sky, travelling in "convoy," evenly spaced. ((Starlink satellites))
Springfield · IL, USA
White balls of light Springfield Illinois
Glenview · IL, USA
20+ drones, same make and model, night flying in a staggered loop with no definite point of origin. ((Spacelink satellites))
Springfield · IL, USA
MADAR Node 120
Homer Glen · IL, USA
Black object very high above Homer Glen IL balloon shaped very high and slow moving
Rockford · IL, USA
The lights were coming from the west moving east slightly south. ((Starlink satellites))
Glen Ellyn · IL, USA
Several star like objects moving fast on the sky. ((Starlink satellites))
Montgomery · IL, USA
Witnessed, 9 silent amber illuminated spheres, traveling NW to SE. ((Starlink satellites))
Northbrook · IL, USA
MADAR Node 148
Beecher · IL, USA
I witnessed a group of objects moving SE on the same flight path, perfectly spaced. ((Starlink satellites))
Rock Island · IL, USA
You can still see him now they're still coming if you look up at the Moon. ((Starlink satellites))
Rockford · IL, USA
15 white, bubble-shaped objects moving together in arc-shaped formation + few more on the side
Shawnee National Forest · IL, USA
Myself and 2 others were camping in Shawnee Forest at the top of a bluff about 300 ft tall. It was night. My friend said come lool at
Springfield · IL, USA
Almost stationary triangle with three white lights
Oreana · IL, USA
A circle of silver objects were seen which appeard to be toching and moved quickly and changed direction.
La Grange · IL, USA
I was looking for the moon I saw the moon but to my right I saw this object with pulsing lights but wasn't moving. Then I turned my hea
Skokie · IL, USA
Unmanned Aerial Systems in night sky above Skokie, IL.
Colchester · IL, USA
Silver curricular object flying horizontally then vanished