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)
Aurora · IL, USA
Crystal clear morning (either 10/7 or 10/8). I went out to get my newspaper in the driveway and looked up at the sky to enjoy the stars
Oak Lawn · IL, USA
Medium size Star Moving Very Slowing than disappear and more same thing again later on. ((NUFORC Note: Possible satellites. PD))
Oak Lawn · IL, USA
Bright lights
North Henderson · IL, USA
Unusual Aircraft Manuevers
Sterling · IL, USA
It had rows of white lights with red lights pulsating in between them
Naperville · IL, USA
Vertical cigar shaped object in western horizon sited, then disappears...
Flora · IL, USA
Strange gray object spotted in my small town
Western Springs · IL, USA
light when i took picture i see object in pic disk
Payson · IL, USA
MADAR Node 97
Plainfield · IL, USA
I went outside for a cigarette on my front porch. I heard a crazy sound and immediately got sort of frightended. I looked up and saw a
Bolingbrook · IL, USA
Bright light.
Rockford · IL, USA
Black "shadow"(dim light outlined) triangular craft spotted gliding silently in night sky over Rockford, IL.
Kildeer · IL, USA
Slow and silent
Roselle · IL, USA
cylinder shaped flying steady like a hawk on top of my dad's house.
Oak Lawn · IL, USA
((HOAX??)) I bet it was that Chupacabra from the 80's that I saw flying this want to be Dish UFO
Oak Lawn · IL, USA
low flying fast moving aircraft in airport airspace.
Oak Forest · IL, USA
Four dim , glowing objects, flying north to south in changing formation.
Plainfield · IL, USA
red orb seen in plainfield.illinois at route 126 and druden
Crete · IL, USA
On 09/04/10 at 11:40 am i saw a ufo in Crete,Illinois.
Naperville · IL, USA
Round object appears to have returned over my house
Rockford · IL, USA
Three orange glowing lights traveling together in the form of a verticle triangle in the night disappear into the clouds.
Crete · IL, USA
Radiating ball of light tracking due east for approx 2 minutes.
Hanover Park · IL, USA
7 ufo triangles HUGE over hanover park, then stopped in mid air and rotated lights to look like constelations!
History Channel/Illinois · IL, USA
This was seen on a nationally aired program called "States" about Cahokia Mounds in Illinois.
Tinley Park · IL, USA
I was outside BBQ and as always I tend to look up at the night sky a lot because I have seen two UFO’s in the past. It just so happene