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)
Plainfield · IL, USA
Single light moves through sky at alarming rate In Plaifield, Illinois
Ladd · IL, USA
We saw a bright firball going WNW and it lasted for about a minute and a half befor it burned out and probably landed as a meteorite. W
Round lake · IL, USA
an orange football shaped object in round lake sky so fast it made after images(trail)
Northbrook · IL, USA
The lights were organized, with equal distnaces between the first three, second row of two, and one at the tip...making a perfect cone
Aurora/Wheaton/Warrenville areas · IL, USA
numerous reports of sightings in a location
Joliet · IL, USA
Amamolous Joliet, IL. Light
Dupo · IL, USA
Large dark cigar sighted over Dupo Illinois
Beardstown · IL, USA
Yellow-orange sphere with a long green tail.
Macomb · IL, USA
Glowing green triangle going east the time was about ten at night, I could see a neon green triangl lit throught the clouds, there wa
Rossville · IL, USA
green flash
Fairview Heights · IL, USA
Sphere just under clouds after a tornado.
Beardstown · IL, USA
30-50 white/silver discs in broad daylight.
Naperville · IL, USA
Glowing orange sphere appearing near thunderstorm anvils
Crystal Lake · IL, USA
a grey mettalic oval(s) seen high in the sky. ((NUFORC Note: Student report. PD))
Ottawa · IL, USA
green lights circling from cloud to cloud
Riverton · IL, USA
An x shaped ufo seemed to change shape.
Elgin · IL, USA
orange fireball ball in east sky glowed for 2-3 minutes at about 4:17-4:20
Rinard · IL, USA
two rows of amber-orange lights in sky
Normal · IL, USA
Triangular Space craft hovering over Normal, IL
Channahon · IL, USA
Triangle orange lights moving through low clouds
Fairview Heights · IL, USA
Red, blue, and green lights on a stair-step shaped hovering object in Fairview Heights, IL.
Yorkville · IL, USA
15, bright orange, fire looking, U.F.O's sighted
Yorkville · IL, USA
looked like a line with a small head at the end of the direction it was going and looked like the air crafts were surrounded in fire
Melrose Park · IL, USA
red flashing light in sky
O'Fallon · IL, USA
We were driving north up Scott-Troy Road when we noticed that a bright object in the sky was slowly hovering to the east (towards Scott