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)
Shorewood · IL, USA
An orange glowing object, overhead, initially thought to be spent fireworks casing. However, it continued to glow consistently. It's di
Dunlap · IL, USA
A plane was flying north west. A friend and I had been using lasers to point out constellations prior to the plane flying overhead.
Bolingbrook · IL, USA
3 fireballs moving upward in a vertical column
Mundelein · IL, USA
Bright glowing orange triangular shaped object gone transparent moving NE.
Bartlett · IL, USA
Paper lanterns in UFO-like formation.
Tinley Park · IL, USA
Numerous bright red, yellow,and green glowing objects that moved at a steady speed with no sound. Observed an explosion of one
Rockford · IL, USA
Dark red light over Rock River in Rockford, Il before fireworks...
Chicago · IL, USA
Dark gray flat-ended saucer shaped object flying west to east.
Inverness · IL, USA
2 orange spheres moving from south to north and seen by 3 people
Tinley Park · IL, USA
We were in the backyard having a bonfire & we saw strange triangular shaped lights moving pretty slowly across the night sky.
Heyworth · IL, USA
Three orange glowing spheres moving quickly accross the sky.
Springfield · IL, USA
I saw one lightbulb shaped craft extremely up close and several other red orbs.
Bridgeview · IL, USA
While watching fireworks in the night sky I seen 3 slow moving objects going across the sky. I pointed them out to my granddaughter an
Chicago · IL, USA
we look in to the sky a bout 10 pm we witnesse frist a fire ball goin from south to north and 3 m a bout 5 minutes later 2 more ball
Chicago · IL, USA
We saw three red and orange orbs in a triangular form in the dark Chicago sky.
Fulton · IL, USA
South to north estimated 200 miles per hour and glowing bright red to orange. Steady altitude and speed with no sound. The last object
Peru · IL, USA
My daughter and her husband we parked listening to an outside Tim McGraw concert playing at our little airport. My daughter noticed a r
Countryside · IL, USA
Red lights slow moving and then moved into the clouds.
Chicago Heights · IL, USA
There was an Orange Glow in the sky.
Springfield · IL, USA
Strange orange lights reported over Springfield, Illinois.
Oak Forest · IL, USA
On july 13,2013 approximately 9:45pm i observed 5 orbs that were a grayish white solid color. Thought they could of been birds. But whe
St. Charles · IL, USA
Many orbs moving through the sky in a formation, flickering, moving at the same pace.
New Lenox · IL, USA
7 red lights in sky.
Deerfield · IL, USA
Red/Orange fireballs or lights above northern Chicago suburbs
Chicago · IL, USA
3 tri-colored objects are hovering around our house at this time