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)
Winthrop Harbor · IL, USA
Glowing zig zags lowering to the ground. 500 Lights On Object0: Yes
Lenzburg · IL, USA
Craft hovering over strip pit in south New Athens, Illinois witnessed by 3 males.
Chester · IL, USA
Triangle larger then a football field
Decatur · IL, USA
Very bright glowing object in the sky, then vanishes.
Mazon · IL, USA
Bright green light shoots through sky before making sharp turn
St. Louis (S. Co.) (MO)/Collinsville (IL) · IL, USA
Military Escort of a UFO
Manhattan · IL, USA
A cluster of bright white lights sat in the sky until they moved away from one another in a hovering fashion
Tuscola · IL, USA
Small, very bright light hovering at maybe 4000 feet. Moving eratically. ((NUFORC Note: We suspect a star. PD))
Lakewood · IL, USA
Was walking my dog 05:30 am. Could not get your reporting format to accept this time. Was looking at the ground and noticed a strobe fl
Elk Grove · IL, USA
Bright lights in the sky changing formations, triangles 500 Lights On Object0: Yes
Shorewood · IL, USA
Two white lights going in a circular motion near Shorewood,IL
Hometown · IL, USA
High speed white light !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wadsworth · IL, USA
Flying saucer in the night sky moving around in the area.
O'Fallon · IL, USA
A star looking light which suddenly moved and disappeared into the dark black skies near the crecent moon.
Elgin · IL, USA
bright white ball of light moving fast and smooth and silent
Dixon · IL, USA
Hovering, yellowship light dissapears into early morning sky.
Freeport · IL, USA
Totally silent and dark objects flew over my neighborhood 11/16/2011
Morris · IL, USA
Craft is traingular 2 red lights 1 blue light bottom is gray hovered silently then took off at high speeds
Monee · IL, USA
Dark triangular wing in night sky
Plainfield · IL, USA
Three Spinning Green Lights Hovering Above the Subdivision.
Pearl · IL, USA
Round object rapidly changing colors with jets flying over it....video proof!!!!
Addison · IL, USA
Oval shape craft with 2 extremely large bright pulsating lights.
Jerseyville · IL, USA
Red fireball crashing into a field
Palatine · IL, USA
Orange and Red light
Rockton · IL, USA
It looked like a planet like Jupiter.