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)
Illiopolis · IL, USA
At 11:20pm I was traveling west on Interstate 72 just crossed Into Sangamon County when I saw a bright light I mistaken for a star.
Aurora · IL, USA
Orange Light Sighted In Sky.
Taylorville · IL, USA
Observed bright ball, going north to south slowly. 3 miles south of route 29, stopped, then shot off.
Madison · IL, USA
Bright light with no warning or indicator lights heading east for approx. 2 minutes until light suddenly went out.
Chicago · IL, USA
Bright, flickering, flamelike light out over Lake Michigan. Stationary, not a plane. Not a lantern, there were extreme winds.
Oregon · IL, USA
5 lights, maybe shapes, in a strange alignment, in the western evening sky
Chicago · IL, USA
94W near 103rd at 5:30PM.
Frankfort · IL, USA
Orange lights low in the eastern sky, as seen from interstate 355 and Southwest highway. Most holding in a formation relative to one an
Springfield · IL, USA
Bright circle was spotted. ((anonymous report))
Stickney · IL, USA
White orb over Stickney, Illinois.
Naperville · IL, USA
Three possibly four travelling in formation. White lights. I have photos of the incident.
Chicago (Wood Dale) · IL, USA
Around 11 PM, my family called to tell me there were strange red/orange lights in the sky. I went out and after a few minutes of waitin
Northbrook · IL, USA
Sept. 4 2016, a bright white light streaks over Northbook from west to east
Elgin · IL, USA
9:00pm CST, 9/4/16, fireball-like objects observed over Elgin, IL.
Orland Park · IL, USA
Unusual markings.
Peoria · IL, USA
Circular rotating solid light gets followed by solid red light, and at the same time a c130 takes off headed to same area.
Oak Forest · IL, USA
Saw a decent sized traveling light floating quietly and slowly around 5 am on sep 7 2016 in chicago il.usa
Stonefort · IL, USA
3 orange lights in southern Illinois.
St. Charles · IL, USA
Giant bright amber lights in the sky. 2 then 3 in formation then formed into a tower of light while hovering in place. Brighter to dimm
Danforth · IL, USA
Craft with multiple bright lights on the bottom hovered and flew in a curvilinear path over the cornfields. After several minutes movi
Oswego · IL, USA
Very large ball/triangle of light that was blue/green appeared in night sky and flew for a quick 3-6 seconds. ((anonymous report))
Brookfield · IL, USA
I noticed this bright star to the southeast of my house. It was a bright, rotating. ((NUFORC Note: We suspect a star. PD))
Oak Lawn · IL, USA
UFO Flying thr whole street of Cicero above traffic as high as planes fly.
Champaign · IL, USA
Two lights, one following the other until both disappeared, then one light at equal speed going the opposite direction.
Winthrop Harbor · IL, USA
This looked like 2 lights that were about 3 inches apart if you were measuring from about 12 inches in front of your face. They were o