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)
Frankfort · IL, USA
Multiple Crafts (7-8) - 3 Super Bright White Spot Lights w/Shooting/Flickering
Vernon Hills · IL, USA
Red light object sighted over east Vernon Hills, IL / west Lake Forest, IL
Elmwood Park · IL, USA
Two flashes quickly whisk into the sky and away
Lockport · IL, USA
Bright Lights in SW suburbs of Chicago
Bartlett · IL, USA
Light followed by military next day.
Gifford · IL, USA
a orange/red ball of light flew in east central illinois [champaign county] followed by low flying jets in the same pattern.
Frankfort · IL, USA
Triangle formation in the sky
Lenzburg · IL, USA
bright blue light with a beam and circler craft
Lenzburg · IL, USA
bright light with a beam and craft
Troy · IL, USA
2 bright lights near St. Louis that flew in a circular, erratic pattern
Glen Ellyn · IL, USA
Bright sparkling egg shaped ufo in Glen ellyn, IL exploding with colors
Tinley Park · IL, USA
There back.................sighting in the east sky at 6"15 pm and I watched them Move close to each other and than in a straight f
Bridgeport · IL, USA
3 Lights
Monee · IL, USA
incredibly bright white solid light that hovered for 5-10 minutes then disappeared
Chicago · IL, USA
Oval/circular object with red/yellow lights
Rushville · IL, USA
Was not a UFO. Just seen a fireball and it left about 5 fireballs behind it and then disintegrated. Norhteast sky. I was travelling wes
Champaign · IL, USA
Well, it has taken me a while to actually talk about this. I didn't tell anyone at school about this because... why would I risk the hu
Chicago (near) · IL, USA
Thanksgiving - spade shaped object with 10-15 red lights below the cloud overcast and above the tree line.
Petersburg · IL, USA
Black, triangular UFO over a small central Illinois town.
Petersburg · IL, USA
its was 10:52 pm three brownish-orange circles with a dark center appeared in a triangular formation for around ten seconds.
Petersburg · IL, USA
3 orange lights fly over petersburg Illinois
Tinley Park · IL, USA
Strange contrail below low cloud cover
Hanover Park · IL, USA
Floating Disc with three colors
Knoxville (west of; on Hwy. 150) · IL, USA
Two Triangles in the sky, one over the top of the other.
Crystal Lake · IL, USA
Several Hundred Foot Long Orange/Gold Cylindrical Object