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)
Barrington · IL, USA
Triangle hovering over me then moved across sky
Moline · IL, USA
The object moved up and down and in a zig-zag formation and was round.
Algonquin · IL, USA
As a teenager I saw a flying saucer do triangular patterns then disappear. It had lights and was spinning
Lake Forest · IL, USA
June 1980
Darien · IL, USA
I thought at first it might be a helecoper, but there was no sound coming from it, nothing
Dekalb · IL, USA
Circular object with alternating flashing lights with a bright beam of light focused on a tower.
Winchester · IL, USA
Object with red lights appeared nightly outside my upstairs bedroom window through the tree branches as if it wanted to communicate.
Albany · IL, USA
saucer over corn field on a cold winter night.
Morris · IL, USA
strange light from sky came down in field then back up again.
Springfield · IL, USA
Close up with a UFO
Rockford/Belvedere (between) · IL, USA
Saw a very large object 1000-1500 ft in diameter having difficulty. Saucer shaped about twice the size of a quarter held at arms lengt
Rockford · IL, USA
Several round objects in a straight line formation
Honolulu · IL, USA
saw a blue sphere moving over the of of a house in front of me--hovered 5 feet above the ground for an instant, 15 feet in front of me
Joliet · IL, USA
Cold Case UFO Joliet, IL.
Tinley Park · IL, USA
I wondered what idiot helicopter pilot was hovering so dangerously close above me
Dekalb · IL, USA
Firesball hovering over cornfeild,,looks like red/orande with molten dribble..goes back & forth across field and then rises and novas
Chicago · IL, USA
Radioacive Neon Bats ?
Wilsonville · IL, USA
Wilsonville,IL 1979 also known at time for its radioactive waste dump in seventies
Oquawka · IL, USA
lot of lights rectagular in shape and a sound ive never herd before
Wilsonville · IL, USA
Wilsonville,IL 1979 also known at time for its radioactive waste dump in seventies
Franklin Park area · IL, USA
Aurora Borealis-like lights near Franklin Park in late 1970's.
Janesville · IL, USA
anesville WI
Des Plaines · IL, USA
Sighting in Illinois
Bartlett · IL, USA
UFO Followes us to Police Dept then disappeared then reappeared as we headed home. I stood under it for about 30 to 40 minutes. 500
Park Ridge · IL, USA
We dont talk any more but you can find Ed Wells &I David Block