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)
Oak Brook · IL, USA
a green-blue light comes out and down out of a cloud, and goes back into the cloud
Addison (I-355 and US 20 (Lake St.) · IL, USA
Saucer shaped object,with rows of red lights on bottom side; one white lighttop and bottom
Lewistown · IL, USA
saw 4 or 5 little lights in the north sky. they reappeared and disappeared and they went along in a line, and one light got bigger, and
Downers Grove · IL, USA
Bizzare shaped object that looked like the planet Saturn appeared out of nowhere, and dissapeared
Lombard · IL, USA
It was so huge it took my breath away. At first I thought it was the moon until I opend my sun roof and saw the moon above me. I follow
Westmont · IL, USA
oval shaped huge object with orange running lights circling ship . moving very slow
Chicago (southwest suburbs of) · IL, USA
In a suburb of Chicago-Driving north on Harlem Ave I saw a huge object. There were very bright lights around the bottom and a large bri
Rochelle · IL, USA
While driving into Rochelle...saw a glowing ball of light falling over a cornfield and disappearing into a V-Shaped opening in the sky.
Orland Park/Palos Park · IL, USA
strange circular lite flying in a set pattern sometimes 2 lite but as many as 12
Tinley Park · IL, USA
I was outside having a smoke and noticed two objects in the sky or space far up shooting across the sky and were red and blue tint of c
Chicago · IL, USA
I am the producer of the CBS television Series "Early Edition" filmed in Chicago. A second unit filming a locked off shot of a clock i
Galva/Victoria/Oak Run · IL, USA
Three balls of light come out of a cornfield aprox. 40 yards above the ground and about 20 yards from the road. Multiple sightings wi
Frankfort/New Lenox · IL, USA
First noticed object in Western sky, like a craft with a small contrail.As veiwing object it seemed to look like a cigar shape. My hus
Prairie View · IL, USA
Light in sky moving rapidly, then disappearing
Rushville · IL, USA
orange light moving across sky and stops and exlpodes into a fireball and disappears
Rushville · IL, USA
4 orange lights luminating in sky and disappearing
Hinsdale (unincorporated area) · IL, USA
i feared for my life
St. David · IL, USA
((HOAX??)) Lights seen in the night sky.
Calumet City (just south of chicago,ill) · ill, IL, USA
saw a brite circle quarter sze on tv screen while watching nsa education channel ,which was showing a view of the earth.
Elizibethtown · IL, USA
I was looking at the eastern part of the sky and a bright light brighter than the north star just appeared out of no were. It lasted fo
Paw Paw · IL, USA
a bright light appearred and dropped down slowly (about 3 seconds). Then remained stationary for about 3 seconds, and then travelled to
Peoria · IL, USA
Long pencil-shaped metallic color object, travelling at about the speed of a helicopter.
Matteson · IL, USA
Light over Route 30 and I-80 in Matteson
Eureka · IL, USA
Not sure if this was natural or unatural....
Chicago · IL, USA
BLUE Cube