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)
Waukegan · IL, USA
Bright lites hover over waukegan southern westerly skies nov.30 about 5:30 to 7pm.
Montgomery · IL, USA
Strange orbital object changes direction multiple times.
Lombard · IL, USA
5-8 orange lights over suburban Chicago
Schaumburg · IL, USA
I saw a large, low flying, silent, slow craft in the shape of a triangle. It was the color of the sky
Peoria · IL, USA
Several stationary orange lights in sky west of Peoria, in a descending arc which dissappeared in twos after a short period of time.
Lombard · IL, USA
Two thin, pinkish glowing rings drifting through the air.
Oswego · IL, USA
4 bright orbs in loose triangle over Oswego, IL, planets or hovering craft?
Vernon Hills · IL, USA
Silent tube-like crafts-objects like nothing I have ever seen anywhere!
Rockford · IL, USA
Bright red, white, and orange lights hovering in the western sky.
Murphysboro · IL, USA
Orange globes in Southwest sky traveling Northeast toward Benton, Illinois.
Swansea · IL, USA
Lights in the clear night sky over Swansea Illinois.
Oak Forest · IL, USA
Loud aircraft with bright colored lights buzzes my neighborhood.
Morris · IL, USA
ufos over i80 between morris and bolingbrook illinois.
Antioch · IL, USA
Odd object moving at a high rate of speed.
Lebanon · IL, USA
A Football Like shaped mothership seen east of Lebanon, Il
Naperville · IL, USA
Naperville IL Triangle shaped UFO , video evidence.
Ashley · IL, USA
Strange stationary lights in sky.
Chicago · IL, USA
Red glowing lights over chicago chased by an airplane.
Chicago · IL, USA
Orange/red glowing fireball in southwest sky over Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago, IL.
Bloomington · IL, USA
Formation of many orange orbs.
Bloomington · IL, USA
Around 30 orange glowing objects flying in a constant speed towards South West Direction.
Alden · IL, USA
Auditory phenomena of unknown origin repeated at same time at two week interval.
South Elgin · IL, USA
Strange orange Light over Northern Illinois.
Mokena · IL, USA
Bright Light observed for 15 minutes SW sky near Mokena Illinois.
Hoffman Estates · IL, USA
Red-orange orbs in Western sky