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)
Willow Springs · IL, USA
I was walking my dog at 3:30 AM on 8-4-11 and I always look up at the stars. As I was looking at the stars, one of them started moving.
Sandwich · IL, USA
12-14 Red-Orange orbs all following each other.
Moline · IL, USA
Fireball in Moline, Illinois
Algonquin · IL, USA
3 Craft 1 went right, 1 left the other straight up and gone ? No planes could do this
Park Ridge · IL, USA
Bright red circular light with red light beams in front
East Moline · IL, USA
What began as what appeared to be a stationary star started to fly and then faded from view.
Plainfield · IL, USA
5 firey red orbs in a checkmark formation
Chillicothe · IL, USA
Red Trinagle over chillicothe illinois woods
Edwardsville · IL, USA
My 7 year old granddaughter and I (64 year old retired nurse) saw this on the way home last night around 1 am. The rest of the sky had
Crystal Lake · IL, USA
I witnessed unidentified lights in the sky.
Crystal Lake · IL, USA
Strange "fireball" orbs sighted in Illinois
Forest Park · IL, USA
Black object tumbled northwest to southeast on 8/13/11, seemed to change shape. Very quick.
Mattoon · IL, USA
Six, red, bright, non-blinking lights that hoovered for minutes and disappeared.
Ridgway · IL, USA
while looking at the clouds at dusk, I saw a medium speed and altitude fireball traveling from SW to NE at an altitude of approx 5000ft
Dixon · IL, USA
UFO photo Dixon, Illinois August 14, 2011
Macomb · IL, USA
Strange light in the sky and an odd Jet. This is to fix the date of my origional report.
Bartlett · IL, USA
Red disk shaped UFO over bartlett Illinois
Tinley Park · IL, USA
Silver Silent Object Possibly with no wings
Saint Joseph · IL, USA
zig zag patterned light
Alton · IL, USA
Sphere with light was observed. Photograph taken with a cell phone camera.
Lake in the Hills · IL, USA
7 glowing red lights Lake in the Hills IL
Joliet · IL, USA
Orange/Red Glowing Triangular object travels across sky
Chicago · IL, USA
seen one metalic orb then seen 15-20 orbs
Lake in the Hills · IL, USA
Possible UFO Siting
Cary · IL, USA
Fireballs seen over Cary, Illinois