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)
Lombard · IL, USA
saucer shaped object in the sky glows white and fades three times in sky
Ashley · IL, USA
2 balls of light one large one small changing colors and there for hours. ((NUFORC Note: Venus and Jupiter. PD))
Park Ridge · IL, USA
Two very bright, large stars/dots in sky very near O'Hare airport. ((NUFORC Note: Venus and Jupiter. PD))
Matteson · IL, USA
We were walking are dog and we saw a bright large object in the sky.
Chicago · IL, USA
4 white lights in formation near ohare
Niles · IL, USA
I saw lights in the sky going all in one direction and all my friends saw it.
Oswego · IL, USA
Three red lights equally spaced one on top of another in Eastern Sky
Peotone · IL, USA
Fast, flickering, ball of red and white lights seen in the northern sky traveling I57 near Peotone, Illinois
Orland Park/TinleyPark · IL, USA
2 bright orange lights flashing (too wide apart to be a plane) in one spot, than moved to another stationary spot.
Oak Lawn · IL, USA
1950's type style u.f.o ready and waxed
Normal · IL, USA
Three of us saw 3 seemingly tumbling shiny objects move leisurely across the sky, holding in pattern briefly, then vanish to the east
Effingham · IL, USA
it flew across the sky and was gone in one second
River Forest · IL, USA
anyone else see possible ufo in chicago area on saturday 10-09-04
Rock Island · IL, USA
The sky was clear and the objects at times appeared to rotate slowly.
El Paso (rural) · IL, USA
Large Orange Sphere's Over Rural Illinois
Wheeling · IL, USA
I saw an object with bright lights in the sky , at first i thought it was a airplane.But, it looked wird like it was a flying car, with
Sterling · IL, USA
Soft glow not visible by unaided eyes, and absoultely no sounds, movment straight but swift lead objects changed.
Carbondale · IL, USA
there were 3 lignst forming a horizomtal line
Tinley Park · IL, USA
Triangular craft over tinley park illinois
East Hazel Crest · IL, USA
On October 24th 2004, my wife and I saw four oblong blurred lights lined up perfectly in the sky
Glencoe · IL, USA
3 horizontal equally spaced lights in the sky way too big to be an aircraft
Mokena · IL, USA
there were three red lights and they dissapeared and appeared in different spots.
Chicago · IL, USA
Ths is in regards to the sightings in Tinley Park on Sept. 30/Oct. 1 2004. Although I did not see the objects, I was awake early that S
Tinley Park · IL, USA
3 BRIGHT RED LIGHTS IN TRAINGLE FORMATION SITTING STATIONARY IN THE NIGHT SKY
Tinley Park · IL, USA
3 bright red lights going into formation in the eastern sky. First in triangle formation, then one seemed to disappear. Then they slo