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)
Chicago · IL, USA
It was the vapor trail that made a ring in the sky.
Huntley · IL, USA
A triangular craft flying low, slow and silent
Bloomington · IL, USA
triangular object the disk shaped veiwed in bloomington il
Libertyville · IL, USA
bright white, round object (the size of a green pea if held at arm's length) flew through the sky
River Forest · IL, USA
Glowing oval object spotted south east of O'hare
Carol Stream · IL, USA
Bright light, still for 1 minute, moving slowly, then sped up and disappeared
Troy · IL, USA
A yellow/orange fireball was seen streaking across the eastern sky very low on the horizon.
Oswego · IL, USA
I was coming out of the Best Buy in Oswego, IL . I put my two kids into their car seats , and looked up to stretch my back and from NW
Quincy · IL, USA
High flying, high speed, bright white triangular object observed in full daylight and clear sky
Frankfort · IL, USA
3 lights (teardrop shape) in a triangle pattern. ((NUFORC Note: Possibly landing lights of aircraft?? PD))
Chicago Heights · IL, USA
Orange orbs. ((anonymous report))
Decatur · IL, USA
light above eastern horizon moving slowly south about 4 clicks up, due southeast.
Loves Park · IL, USA
Photos of an object in the sky
Oak Lawn · IL, USA
Square Shaped with fire in middle and birds/fish found dead
Manhattan · IL, USA
5 fireball like objects were seen moving east bound.
Kinsman · IL, USA
Black square/rectangular 3 dimensional object with cone shape or antenna coming from top flying west with no wings or propellers
Darien · IL, USA
10+ orange lights following one another seen on the SW side of Chicago
Schaumburg · IL, USA
It was shining a beam down towards the pond and the pond lit up.
Harvard · IL, USA
Northern Illinois 2 lighted objects, one w/multiple bright lights, one spherical lowering in the sky
Geneseo · IL, USA
Lights over Geneseo.
Carterville · IL, USA
this did NOT fly like a plane as the speed was to fast and stopped to suddenly then seemed to go stait up out to space it was clear
Streamwood · IL, USA
Triangular shaped object illuminated bright white with one circualr white light at each corner.
Villa Park · IL, USA
green fireball falling in the sky
Addison · IL, USA
Extremely bright light, starlike
Manteno · IL, USA
((HOAX??)) Saw egg shaped craft on the ground in felid, then it turned a blue-ish color and took off,