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)
Cambridge · IL, USA
Single bright light, zigzag track with abrupt course changes. Fast moving, no sound.
Des Plaines · IL, USA
Floating dark object, only 40 ft. away , thought to be Alien probe,I thought of camera, it sensed that, shot up
Chicago · IL, USA
Saw a Cigar like object that flashed a red beam at my face
Cairo · IL, USA
This is a follow up on my last report, one more witness. strange pulsating lights in cloud, over alex. and pulaski counties in so. il.
Wilmington · IL, USA
PICTURE PROOF NOT SEEN BEFORE
Centralia · IL, USA
Returning home from shopping with two other friends, we got out of the car with our packages and I noticed this extremly large rectangl
Byron · IL, USA
One triangular craft observed over the Rock River during night time. Near a local saloon between Rockford and Byron. Object was seen b
Chicago · IL, USA
UFO over the Midway airport in Chicago.
Centralia · IL, USA
large rectangular dim lighted object low flying visable for 10 to 15 secs on 1/25/06 9:30 PM
Wheaton · IL, USA
Big sphere blasts off
Smithshire · IL, USA
Craft flies very low over our heads!!
Chicago · IL, USA
Spinning flat objects
West Dundee · IL, USA
hovering, flashing object in night sky
Orland Park · IL, USA
Big Huge Bright Light Seen Over By My Cousin's House In Orland Park
Chicago · IL, USA
Bright white object in sky of north side Chciago traveling west at a fast speed.
Lockport · IL, USA
Multicolored large, bright object in Southeast sky over Lockport, IL. ((NUFORC Note: Probably the star, Sirius, we suspect. PD)
Lacon · IL, USA
Four to six EXTREMLY fast moving lights, "played" around 5 stable, glimmering vertical "stars".
Lombard · IL, USA
3 Lights stopped and turned on a level plane
Evanston · IL, USA
Red laser light beam in Evanston, Illinois
Mounds · IL, USA
lights in clouds, 4 witnesses for sure
El Paso (rural) · IL, USA
Single Low Flying Star Like Object in Central Illinois. ((NUFORC Note: Sighting of International Space Station. PD))
Schaumburg · IL, USA
((NUFORC Note: Probable Mars sighting. PD)) Bright light over Schaumburg moving from the N to the S, and from the E to the W.
Tinley Park · IL, USA
I saw one red light the size of a star move quickly then stop. Another red light met w/it and they moved on together.
Chicago · IL, USA
Low-flying craft with vapor trail spotted at nightfall.
Chicago · IL, USA
odd bird-shaped flying device spotted in urban area