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)
Springfield · IL, USA
Two circular red glowing orbs. Not pulsating.
Waukegan · IL, USA
Mom and 8 yr old daughter see a lighted star shaped object with trailing flames above tree in back yard.
Troy · IL, USA
Strange sounds in the Greater St Louis area.
Waukegan · IL, USA
Bright orange fireball spotted.
Athens · IL, USA
A grey disk/saucer hovering over a empty field at midnight.
Elgin · IL, USA
At 8:00pm a cluster of orange lights appeared to be headed eastward to the northwest of Elgin.
Willowbrook · IL, USA
Three shining circular objects evenly spaced motionless in the sky.
Hodgkins · IL, USA
My dream sorta came true.
Lake Villa · IL, USA
BIG Triangle shape craft with red and yellow combined lights with no noise over north il
Morrison · IL, USA
Aircraft of some sort flying violently as if it was about to crash that wiped out power throughout a city for 15 seconds
Belleville · IL, USA
3-4 orange lighted over belleville.
Canton · IL, USA
Orange fireballs in the sky.
Lindenhurst · IL, USA
Shiny Silver object flying over farm field in Lindenhusrt Illinois.
Kankakee · IL, USA
Large grayish circle/oval, two smaller yellow lights/circles and 15 streak lpoking things.
Skokie · IL, USA
I was at parking lot and talking on cellphone, Suddenly saw a flying obj. with white light moving at a high speed and suddenly vanish.
Macomb · IL, USA
TRIANGULAR CRAFT OVER MACOMB, IL.
Macomb · IL, USA
3 orange lights in triangle moving in unison then disappearing.
Wauconda · IL, USA
Light blue disk came from East to West and turned North. Very, very fast (5 times plane speed at least.
Libertyville · IL, USA
5 orange fireball round flying spacecrafts in the sky in a line in Libertyville at 9:50 on 12-14-12.
Dalzell · IL, USA
One bright, white, and massive craft moving faster than anything I have seen, moved soundless, over central Illinois. Two witnesses.
Morton Grove · IL, USA
I saw 2 ovoid objects perhaps lower to the ground than I estimate moving silently and changing color from red to orange and back again.
Effingham · IL, USA
Floating objects in the sky
Lake Barrington · IL, USA
8 Triangular Orange Lights Moving North to South on 12/24/12 @ 5:15pm CST in Lake Barrington, IL
Bartlett · IL, USA
Slow moving amber colored ball meets up with others and disappears.
Edwards · IL, USA
A small red light ascended then disappeared.