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)
Orland Park · IL, USA
August 21 (Chicago, IL) Identified Objects
Oak Forest · IL, USA
Strange air ship moving north to south over the southwest Chicago suburbs.
Tinley Park · IL, USA
3 red lights hovering in tinley park in odd shapes that came together as one and flew away.
Tinley Park · IL, USA
Leslie Kean's (see face book) UFOs is THE book ; however, it does not have a reference to the Tinley Park Triangle .
Frankfort · IL, USA
3 lights in a triangular formation in the north sky
Tinley Park · IL, USA
three red lights hovering through the sky
Tinley Park · IL, USA
3 Bright Red objects spotted in the atmosphere moving and blinking with NO SOUND!
Tinley Park · IL, USA
Three blinking lights that do not appear to be airplanes
Tinley Park · IL, USA
3 Red Lights in Tinley Park, IL SSE Night Sky Hovering with 1 moving towards the others.
Tinley Park · IL, USA
flashing red lights, not ANYTHING like an airplane.
Tinley Park · IL, USA
Red light triangle, as well as blue lights, that were harder to see, given that starts appear white...
Tinley Park · IL, USA
3 bright red lights that changed formation and then disappeared.
Tinley Park · IL, USA
3 bright red lights just hovering in sky, changing formation, before disappering
Frankfort · IL, USA
5 red lights in a row vertically drifting slowly eastward.
Tinley Park · IL, USA
3 red lights changing formation
Tinley Park · IL, USA
Three red lights seen hovering and moving.
Matteson · IL, USA
Multiple red lights.
Tinley Park · IL, USA
there were three red lights that started out in a horizontal line and slowly moved to a vertical line by Each light flashing then movin
Orland Park · IL, USA
3 bright red lights seen in the sky.
Tinley Park · IL, USA
In the clear night sky me and my family were contacted by other family to see red lights in sky. THey were huge and they were red. At f
Tinley Park · IL, USA
3 bright red lights hovering for 30 minutes
Tinley Park · IL, USA
3 red lights
Tinley Park · IL, USA
I saw a red blinking light for about 20 min.
Tinley Park · IL, USA
3 reddish orange lights seen hovering over suburban chicago by hundreds, if not thousands.
Tinley Park · IL, USA
bright red lights moving slowly across the sky