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)
Godfrey · IL, USA
7 oranges lights floating in sky.
Springfield · IL, USA
It was a red orb with a blue outline. It Harvard for a little while it moved left it moved right then just kind of went down slow beyon
Chicago · IL, USA
Second night of spotting reddish orange orb shape object in night sky.
Park Ridge · IL, USA
15-20 orange light over NW suburbs of Chicago.
Springfield · IL, USA
A light appeared out of no where at night during a drive-in movie. Went straight a little then curved dramatically, ~90 degrees.
Highwood · IL, USA
Light red coming from est to west, turn left and go nort-est. Color red turn orange , and changed white. Sky clear and temperature 70 f
Machesney Park · IL, USA
We were heading north on 251 near Forest Hills Road. We saw a huge triangular type ship in the sky; green, red, purple colors.
Oak Lawn · IL, USA
This happened to me for the 3rd time in the last 10 months.
Chicago · IL, USA
It looked like a glowing red ball of light in the sky, lasted about 45 seconds, then became smaller and disappeared quickly into the sk
Chicago · IL, USA
Bright orange ufo in sky midway area!
Tremont · IL, USA
Orange white object with two lights white green alternating in color.
Burbank · IL, USA
Not experimental aircraft because it disappeared
Neoga/Mattoon (between; on I-57) · IL, USA
Never seen anything like that before. Definitely not a firework. Definitely lasted a good deal of time. It was quite bright. Not a mete
River Grove · IL, USA
I was smoking a cigarette through my window, when I spotted very white bright lights hovering in the sky.
Bloomington (outside; north of) · IL, USA
Traveling north on Route 29 outside Bloomington when in the sky was some type of craft that kept changing positions.
Johnsburg · IL, USA
Slow, Low, from Northwest to Southeast, vertical unblinking lights, then disappeared.
Woodstock · IL, USA
My husband and I saw a round, orange object travel in a straight southerly direction then it got smaller and disappeared.
Frankfort · IL, USA
One adult male and adult female witnessed 6 crafts, one orange the others orange, went from flew overhead and blinked out one by one.
Buffalo Grove · IL, USA
Bright starlike object with changing speeds and floating movement at very high altitude moving W to E, without dimming in intensity.
Chicago · IL, USA
It was was a light!
Chicago · IL, USA
It was a light, and just changing colors.
Chicago · IL, USA
It was kind of a light but more like circle.
Chicago · IL, USA
Large craft, triangular in the front/middle section, wide across with an arrowhead/chevron look, fading in/out of sky, lights on bottom
Chicago · IL, USA
Dark large object almost camouflaged by night sky, red balls of light underneath, moved slowly over my house, made no sound at all.
Joliet · IL, USA
Two orange fire balls moving strangely.