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
A strange flying triangle shape object moving silently at extreme speed in the night sky
Burr Ridge · IL, USA
I live in burr ridge illinois and was walking our dog east bound on our street at around nine oclock on the 15th of August. I enjoy wa
Chicago · IL, USA
floated as if in water...
Wheeling · IL, USA
Strange flashing motionless object suddenly speeds away.
Chicago · IL, USA
Pulsating sphere changing in size.
Normal · IL, USA
I saw a Small Light in the sky, Then it moved away quickly.
Palatine · IL, USA
Bright anomolus light seen streaking over Chicagoland
Garden Prairie · IL, USA
My husband and I were in the back part of the property by a lake checking nursery trees. When we were finished we went down to the lak
Palos · IL, USA
3 chrome looking spheres hovering in the sky over palos , Illinois
Chicago · IL, USA
August 23, 2009 Seven Chicago Witnesses view strange Orange Red balls of light in night sky.
Wheaton · IL, USA
Large Cigar shaped object in Wheaton IL quickly disappears in the clear sky after cartwheeling north for a minute or two.
Bloomingdale · IL, USA
bright lit-up orbs, 20-30 of them in the sky above Bloomingdale, IL.
Cordova · IL, USA
Orange light traveling south along Mississippi River TOTALLY SILENT
Clarendon Hills · IL, USA
Observable with changes in direction. No real detail 99% of the time with some brilliant exceptions.
Beckeymeyer · IL, USA
6 of us were sitting around the picnic table and saw something burn into earth's atmosphere for a few seconds. It ended after about a
Deerfield · IL, USA
Fireballs over Deerfield, IL
Midlothian · IL, USA
floating circle object over midlothian, IL
Calumet City · IL, USA
red sphere in southren sky at twilight moving north in the eastern sky - chicago area
Fox Lake · IL, USA
Before firework display, we were sitting on our boat having a good time waiting for the fireworks to start. We look up and see this or
South Elgin · IL, USA
10 orange/red round objects size of a large plane lights at night - this happened during fourth of July fireworks, 500 Lights On Objec
Algonquin · IL, USA
Single fire colored object spotted moving in a slow and nonlinear way
Chicago · IL, USA
3 red lights seen over Chicago
Chicago · IL, USA
three organe glowing lights, no airplane winges, evenly spaced going out of sight.
Streamwood · IL, USA
Large Orange Hazy Glowing Circular Orb Moved E to West over Streamwood, Il. (prob. O'hare Airport too)
Park Ridge · IL, USA
The object stayed in the sky in one spot for about 40 seconds after i spotted it, then i turned to point it out and it disappeared