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)
Downers Grove · IL, USA
A vertical chevron shaped object with lights on the top and bottom floating from West to East.
Carbondale · IL, USA
Apparent fixed wing aircraft flying at a few thousand feet making no noise.
Evanston · IL, USA
Object emerged from clouds and disappeared again
Champaign · IL, USA
Object or objects sighted over field
Fairbury · IL, USA
2 OVAL SHAPED OBJECTS PURSUING EACH OTHER
Frankfort · IL, USA
Large bright blue light in SE sky.
Crest Hill · IL, USA
I witnessed 2 (UFO's?) approximately 6:45 p.m. Sunday evening, 10/29/06 travelling west to east, and the same height and speed as a com
Chicago · IL, USA
Perfect giant circular hole in heavy clouds with a clear blue sky only within the hole.
Tinley Park · IL, USA
Triangle shaped object with lights hovering in the sky
Hanover Park · IL, USA
UFO followed aircraft above it changing shape and color at same time,theplane crew and pass,unaware.
Peotone · IL, USA
UFO sighting in Peotone, Illinois. ((NUFORC Note: Possible hoax?? PD))
Highland Park · IL, USA
9/3/06 Highland Park, Illinois Cylinder Shaped UFO
West Dundee · IL, USA
A extremely large and brillant green ,and from my point of view curving with the earth moving so fast it could be missed with a blink o
Salem · IL, USA
Black triangular shaped aircraft sweeping the ground with a spot light over I-57 near Salem, Illinois.
Godfrey · IL, USA
Bright lite moving west to east then reversing course instantly lasted 5 to 7 seconds
Hinkley · IL, USA
Strange triangular structure floating across the sky.
Geneva · IL, USA
3 large amber colored lights hovering motionless in the sky.
Tinley Park area (west of) · IL, USA
One bright large bright light which had been stationary for a 10 minutes traveled at very hight speed to a 2nd more distant light.
Waukegan/Gurnee · IL, USA
Pulsating, white, fuzzy light seen over Illinois
Henning · IL, USA
large shinning yellow-white sphere moving SSE,slowly then disappear, smaller red disc accompanying object stopped and remain in sight
Westmont · IL, USA
dim light moving verry fast and changing directions on a dot
Darien · IL, USA
balls of light over chicago burbs
Elgin · IL, USA
3 lights flew silently over Elgin Illinois at 22:15
Chicago · IL, USA
Chicago Flash of Light
Joliet · IL, USA
Dimond shape craft with red lights hovering over Joliet, Il..