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)
Chicao · IL, USA
Chicago reports: Group of reddish-orange lights seen floating in sync.
Bartlett · IL, USA
4 to 10 orange lights hovering in the sky, then fade away to nothing
Peoria · IL, USA
There were many small yellow light in the sky hovering north and aircraft headed north east objects move slowly across the sky all acro
Bartlett · IL, USA
Chicago area 8/11 colored spinning lights - multiple objects.
Aurora · IL, USA
Orange in color, took off very fast, multiple crafts
Edwardsville · IL, USA
Strange Double Shooting Star Type Objects Over Edwardsville, Illinois
Jonesboro · IL, USA
Large red light with smaller white flashing lights
Peoria · IL, USA
Orange orb over peoria il
Antioch · IL, USA
Reddish orange, large lights moving slowly from east to west. Linear, lighter center with pulsating orange/red on each side.
Downers Grove · IL, USA
Ball of fire travels at steady speed across the sky.
Mundelein · IL, USA
Yellow ball of flame traveling through the sky.
South Beloit · IL, USA
Orange /redish sphere in sky moving from north to south slowly dimming out then moving west /wsw. no noise.
Elmhurst · IL, USA
Bright orange cylinder with four bright flames in middle. Unmanned. Very quiet. Traveling east to west.
Monee Manhattan Rd · Monee,on i57 headed north IL 60449, IL, USA
Non blinking bright blue light slowly in sky over highway i57 illinios
Loves Park · IL, USA
Orange circle moving west near river.
Peru · IL, USA
(/\) - Large V shape object with 5 amber lights just above the tree-line moving silently at 10-20 MPH
Chicago · IL, USA
Fireball of light for 30 seconds on the south end of Lake Michigan.
Harvard · IL, USA
Fiery white orb in the sky.
Huntley · IL, USA
Five orange lights in diamond pattern with no sound flew slowly directly over head
Rockford · IL, USA
Strange Orange Light Balls Over Rockford Illinois
Lockport · IL, USA
No noise and nothing machanical about this orange object
Joliet · IL, USA
Many moving orange glowing lights over Joliet, IL.
Lansing · IL, USA
Observed what appeared to be a ball of orange fire that made no sound travel from south to north over my home for 3-4 minutes duration.
Joliet · IL, USA
We saw 7 glowing orange balls of light slightly above tree top level for several minutes. There was no sound. They took off straight up
Villa Park · IL, USA
Orangish, Red circle traveling in straight line