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)
Danville · IL, USA
My sister and I saw an object that apeared to be 3 spheres connected togeather by a Y type of structure in the middle.
Marshall · IL, USA
Silent blimp directly above us. No sound or movement or reason. Middle of nowhere. Totally strange.
Paxton · IL, USA
White beacon of rotating white light followed by the same in green
Bourbonnais · IL, USA
I remember this experience though I was very young, my brother (who is 8 yrs. older) and I were just talking about this sighting this e
SerlingHights · IL, USA
((HOAX)) Orange glowing objects low large and round saw many but these very large.
Barrington · IL, USA
Very large triangular humming (pulsing) craft with several lights moving slowly
Bourbonnais · IL, USA
BOLIDE RELATED UFO
Olney · IL, USA
Triangular fire balls in August evening sky
Greenup (near) · IL, USA
We saw a huge cigar like metalic object that seemed to hang in the sky directly over the tree tops!
Calumet City · IL, USA
Perfectly round with blue and orange perimeter lights. Windows all around the perimeter.
Mt. Vernon · IL, USA
UFOs reported to police in IL, (60 mi NW of Mt. Venon, IN) ((NUFORC Note: Report by Francis Ridge, experienced UFO investigator. PD))
Hanna City · IL, USA
Encounter with small UFO drone-type object
Dekalb · IL, USA
I was 10 yrs old, it has bothered me since childhood as I am now 35...Please don't think I'm crazy but during the night of (summerish 7
Arlington Heights · IL, USA
My Father, sister and my self saw a disc shaped craft, it looked like a classic "Bell" shaped saucer over Arlington Hts and rolling Mea
Palatine · IL, USA
Oval shaped object flies over Palatine, while it hoovers; over a private school called: Little City.
Des Plaines · IL, USA
Grandma's UFO
Marshall · IL, USA
totally black object in the sky
Hamlet · IL, USA
UFO AT THE FARM.
Ridgway · IL, USA
rectangular in shape with a dimly glowing red globe on each end, hovering at 150 ft. , football field sized
Wheaton · IL, USA
New Years Eve 1976 after 10:30 pm. We were traveling westbound along Warrenville Road, in Wheaton, IL. We saw a bright light, emitting
O'Fallon/Fairview Heightss · IL, USA
Disk, up close, colored lights around perimeter and red dome on top. Off hwy 50 by Belscott and Aikens Grocery Store
Centralia/Walnut Hill area · IL, USA
Orange line of light seen travelling from the south in southern Illinois leaves burned remains of a tree.
Sycamore · IL, USA
I looked up and saw hovering directly over my head at about two story roof height three lights in a triangular pattern.
Grand Chain · IL, USA
UFO near nuclear plant
Taylorville · IL, USA
4--20 year old males--encountered a UFO with 2 amazing lights, with instant speeds---in the country.