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)
Woodridge · IL, USA
New Year's day red scanning fireball.
Rossville · IL, USA
3 orange lights seen hovering and then made a triangle formation.
Morton · IL, USA
Id wokend up and stept out side. For a smoke. Thats win I seen sevral brite lites pirsing strayt up in pers. There were a lot of stars
Morris · IL, USA
Have photos, clear day!!!
Tinley Park · IL, USA
Light over Tinley Park. No sound or running lights.
Flossmoor · IL, USA
Triangular Shaped UFOs with Lights Silently Hovering in the Western Sky in Illinois.
Elgini · IL, USA
Red flying objects.
Galatia · IL, USA
Very low and very loud hum over my head at 3:45 am..
Wheeling · IL, USA
Dark object moving VERY FAST, north to south, Wheeling, IL
Hoffman estates · IL, USA
Giant bursts of light fill sky.
Lake Bluff · IL, USA
Two bright yellow balls over Rte. 41 danced, twisted, and took off in two opposite directions! Less than 1 Minute! Both GONE!
Roscoe · IL, USA
Orange globe moving in the sky.
Waukegan · IL, USA
Reported and called last Thursday nite--and was called back--same position in sky S.E. but much higher -very bright lites,i count at le
Springfield · IL, USA
Trianglular shaped craft over I-55 near Springfield, IL.
Madison · IL, USA
Bright bluish white light slowly moves across sky and then disappears directly above me
Elgin · IL, USA
A cylinder shaped object with a reddish glow and yellow fireball clusters moves slowly across the sky.
Vandalia · IL, USA
"Star" moves after being stationary.
Newton · IL, USA
multiple orange lights in a line.
Bolingbrook · IL, USA
Looks like gas around it. ((NUFORC Note: If an AM sighting, possibly Sirus? PD))
St. Charles · IL, USA
Horizontal twinkling lights transforming into triangle follwed by all lights going in opposite directions.
Hanover Park · IL, USA
Lights was orange fire and moves faster.
Lake Forest · IL, USA
Fast moving disk seen above the north Chicago-land area heading north.
Danville · IL, USA
Light in the sky over Danville, IL. 11/26/13 545pm. ((NUFORC Note: Sighting of Venus, we suspect. PD))
Chicago · IL, USA
I See Disk Objects with Red and Blue Lights (Circling the Disk) hovering over Chicago Skies.
McHenry · IL, USA
4 fireballs moving together in a single line.