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)
Fancy Prairie · IL, USA
Fireball
Jacksonville · IL, USA
Bright Orange Light appearing & disappearing
Buffalo Grove · IL, USA
Flying object with lots of noise and many lights.
Bolingbrook · IL, USA
glowing oval above my house
Woodridge · IL, USA
Three large red lights, two rotating about each other, no sound, within 200 feet of tree line, moving slowly
Lebanon · IL, USA
Bright Ball of light viewed from Lebanon Il. at 10:50pm originating from Southwest and exiting in the Northeast visible for 15 minutes
Lombard · IL, USA
Huge Black Transparent Silent Chevron
Galesburg · IL, USA
Triangular object with dim lights traveling quietly north to south at unusal speed and course.
Watseka · IL, USA
Triangular-shaped object seen near Watseka, IL
Orland Park · IL, USA
There was a bright hovering object in the midnight sky
Chicago · IL, USA
rapid moving pacifier-shaped object
Elgin · IL, USA
Neon Green Light Spoted in Elgin, IL. 60120 at 21:04 hours Monday, November 5th 2001
Bath · IL, USA
5 minute video of ufo siting showing shape and lights
Barrington · IL, USA
shiny oval object the only thing in a clear sunset sky
Chicago · IL, USA
2 objects in the ski moving from north too south at a very high rate of spped no aircraft marking lights at all but when one object fla
Crete · IL, USA
it made a light shine about 4 times then left at great speeds
Hoffman · IL, USA
A triangular shaped craft,three bright blue-white circular lights on underside,pulsating red light in the middle.
Park Forest · IL, USA
THE AIRCRAFT WAS SHAPE LIKE A TRIANGLE WITH CIRCLE LIGHTS IN EACH CORNER TER WITH A LIGHT IN THE MIDDLE A REDDISH ORANGE LIGHT WAS BLIN
Mt.Vernon · IL, USA
Bright lights shaped as a triangle
Pittsburg · IL, USA
It was there then it was gone like a bolt of lightning.
Chicago (downtown · on L. Michigan), IL, USA
Brightly lit, digital-moving flying fish-shaped object with a crest of white-yellow fire emitting from its tail.
Savanna · IL, USA
We were outside. saw a light. joined by another light
Shorewood · IL, USA
Very large disk with a blue light on the bottom and 2 or more red lights on the sides. Made no noise whatsoever.
Tinley Park · IL, USA
Three Red Lights in Illinois
Crete · IL, USA
I WAS A NONE BELELIEVER TILL THIS HAPPENED, I WAS IN TOTAL AWE OF HOW A OBJECT OF IT'S SIZE MOVED AND CHANGED DIRECTION SO FAST.