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)
Washington · IL, USA
Blus light, isolated road, possible missing time
Fayetteville · IL, USA
20 min encounter with quite a machine
Lisle · IL, USA
December 31st, 1975. It was maybe around 10:30 pm. My husband (noW ex-husband) and I had been working in Westmont. We were headed to hi
Dekalb · IL, USA
at 10:00 pm I saw a pin point of light slowly descending into a area were there nothing for miles but cornfields
Decatur · IL, USA
Please no follow up info
deklab · IL, USA
I was at a party in dekalb and was talking to my friend who was standing in front of the open window. It was the dark of the night beh
Murphysboro · IL, USA
We had just finished playing a ballgame in Murphysboro, Illinois and began our trip home to Decatur. We were driving through the Shawne
Greenfield · IL, USA
Large cigar-shaped object moving in an unusual way. ((anonymous report))
Scott AFB/Centralia (between) · IL, USA
i have missing time saw no craft was with wife at time was headed to her mothers in mt vernon ill.realized we had time we couldn`t acco
Rock Island · IL, USA
UFO remained stationary for 30 seconds then went straight up at extreme high rate of speed.
Lincoln · IL, USA
light in northeast sky
Bourbonnais/Bradley · IL, USA
A blue, oval shaped craft with glowing panels through the center flying in odd patterns and hovering around the area.
Akin · IL, USA
Awoke to see red,blue and,white lights floating around the ceiling ran outside and seen a triangular shaped object hovering above the t
Lisle · IL, USA
Large disk, with lights running around it, floated very low and silently across a field near Lakeside Dr in Lisle, IL.
Chicago · IL, USA
I SAW A UFO WITH OVER 500 WITNESSES AND IT WAS REAL AND IT WAS LARGE AND ROUND.
Rockford · IL, USA
Bright white light, very fast, no sound or sonic boom, impossible maneuvers, too fast for aircraft
Chicago · IL, USA
Orange light different from landing aircraft at O'Hare Airport shot up, then to the right and then out of site in about 5 seconds.
Cuba City · IL, USA
Triangle of lights with a red drone(?) spotted over Southern Wisconsin.
Lynn Center · IL, USA
silver saucer in day time over house
Lake Zurich · IL, USA
The objects I saw changed me forever
Evanston · IL, USA
An large orange disk hovered quietly over a park a few blocks away to the northwest.
Ottawa · IL, USA
I was amazed when I came to this site and looked up the date that I saw my strange encounter. Some one posted on the same date that the
Bridgeview · IL, USA
Triangular streak SW to NE horizon to horizon with a short zig zag very high altitude extreamly fast distinct shape
Calhoun · IL, USA
A report from Calhoun, IL in May 1974 described a close encounter reported by three witnesses, during which telephone service was reportedly affected.
Chicago · IL, USA
A report from Chicago, IL in April 1974 described an oval object that remained motionless before suddenly taking off at high speed.