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)
Cicero · IL, USA
Gray circle followed by two small lights.
Woodstock · IL, USA
One bright white object with a star burst pattern of light around it
Willow Brook · IL, USA
My girlfriend and I witnessed a yellowish light in the southern sky at about 4am at which time I found my binoculars and trained in on
Chicago · IL, USA
I was in the lincoln park area of chicago sitting in a park surrounded by many trees. I looked up to see an object that was about 300
Springfield · IL, USA
4 foot being produces "orb" of bright light and disappears.
Oak Brook · IL, USA
3 light object hovering and stopping witnessed in afternoon in chicago area surburb near O'hare international airport
Moline · IL, USA
black metallic upside down triangle object appeared hovering 15 feet above and 10 feet away from side of I-74 bridge.
Chicago (over Lake Michigan) · IL, USA
a teardrop or fireball shaped object that hung in the sky; the object showed up on a long-exposure photograph.
Shawnee National Forest · IL, USA
floating tire sized craft navigated like a dragon fly with 3 orange lights .
Grantsburg · IL, USA
Large rectanble of blue light, window perhaps at the front of some craft with brilliant round ball of light zipping around it.
Prophetstown · IL, USA
Three huge moving bright white flashes, the whole thing lasting only a fraction of a second.
Sugar Grove · IL, USA
It was reflective and I could see what seemed like rivets all over it plus it had four half circle things from top to under it.
Oak Forest · IL, USA
((HOAX??)) Sitting out sie on a balcony looking at the skyline.
Illinois · IL, USA
I need and explanation?
Markham · IL, USA
White object travels through morning sky.
Wilmette · IL, USA
As I was sitting in my back yard it started to thunder, than I looked up and there was a circle in the sky than it disapeared.
Lebanon · IL, USA
Sighted high flying Cylinder UFO with split contrail.
Des Plaines · IL, USA
it was a very bright triangle shaped object
Lindenhurst · IL, USA
bright white oval-shaped flying object vanished after spotting it for one second
Winfield · IL, USA
Last night while pulling my car into the parking lot of the Behaioral Health Services Buildins, I noticed 3 flashing entities coming do
Minooka · IL, USA
triangular shape in minooka
Highland · IL, USA
triangle passes by in the sky
Downers Grove · IL, USA
two different dark color objects flying from west to north east of downers grove no lights no sound
Mattoon · IL, USA
I noticed this light a month ago and it seems to be in the sky almost every night.... It is scary how it moves around so quickly at tim
Wheaton · IL, USA
Three white steady lights and a strange whirring noise.