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)
Bloomington · IL, USA
UFO south of Bloomington, IL by Randolph Grain Elevator.
Bolingbrook · IL, USA
Red light stationary in sky while driving
Nashville · IL, USA
Cigar shaped UFO sighted while fishing.
Chicago · IL, USA
Sphere seen from atop a high rise building
Normal · IL, USA
bright greenish blue light (unlike anything we've ever seen) moving at an incredible speed from mid sky to lower horison
Countryside · IL, USA
neon blue eggshaped object fell from sky very large no lights no sound lots of mass and leveled out when approched ground
Godfrey · IL, USA
We saw a craft that flew way too fast for any jet that current technology can produce.
Rockford · IL, USA
We saw a fast moving green light (with no tail) in the sky above the horizon and just below the moon.
Vernon Hills · IL, USA
Mysterious light dashes accross the sky
Rockford · IL, USA
((NUFORC Note: Witness indicates observing a "sphere," but offers no other details. PD))
Arlington Heights · IL, USA
Object hoverd 100' above thr groung @ 5:00am, was silver in color and had a egg shap with fountain arms on it, next the object nmoved i
Godfrey · IL, USA
My friend and I saw, two nights in a row, an odd "wobbley" light in the northwest sky behind our home in the country, just over the tre
Naperville · IL, USA
White oval shaped object over Edwards Hospital in Naperville IL
Rolling Meadows · IL, USA
Saucer siting with chase planes in IL
Downers Grove · IL, USA
The vehicle didn't have the same dark silouette as other aircraft in the area, including aircraft near the objects altitude.
Lake in the Hills · IL, USA
A VERY LARGE ENGINE IN BACK
Sandoval · IL, USA
There were two lights, they came at 12:30 and Ithink they abducted me, but I have no Memory from 1:00-6:00am.
Harwoord Heights · IL, USA
The "intense whistling and displacement of air" was all that was heard, but it was enough to strike terror into sane individual.
Channahon · IL, USA
Right Triangle
Ridgefarm · IL, USA
flashing light
Rockton · IL, USA
Burnt orange egg shaped craft seen hovering over field about 20 miles NW of Rockford Illinois, with a light projecting down.
Naperville · IL, USA
Motionless chrome sphere on windy day
Glenview · IL, USA
I saw a small color changing object that suddeny showed up, then dissapered.
Naperville · IL, USA
Chrome Sphere motionless on a windy day
Downers Grove · IL, USA
Orange disc above Downers Grove, IL