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)
Galesburg · IL, USA
Fireball accross sky, didnt seem like meteor.
Oak Forest · IL, USA
Are The Tinley Park Lights coming back for Halloween 2008?
Tinley Park · IL, USA
UFO Sighting on October 25, 2008 in Tinley Park, Illinois West on I-80
LaGrange · IL, USA
I have witnessed the lights over Tnley Park and ever since then have always kept an eye to the sky sort-of speak. The morning of the 30
Moline · IL, USA
Two seperate orbs pass slowly over my house.
Rockford · IL, USA
UFO moving in a triangular movement over Rockford, IL. It moved back and forth and up and down. Then slowly dissapeared.
Wilmington · IL, USA
Object flying with blinking red light, flying erratic, hovering, then doin it again 3 X.
Mokena · IL, USA
9/9/2008 ufo over a small body of water new lenox Ill. making a landing. 500 Lights On Object0: Yes
Shelbyville · IL, USA
triangle ,3 huge bright lights, fly over me at 100 feet (silent)
not in one · IL, USA
it was a bright green square light that moved with incredible speed and changed direction in straight lines
Elmhurst · IL, USA
Fireball object (2 of them) heading west to east at steady rate of speed. No sound emitted from the craft. Another followed behind.
Plainfield · IL, USA
there was somethin catching the light from the sun and it vanished after about 10 seconds
Ingleside · IL, USA
Three UFOs hovering in the night sky
Springfield · IL, USA
2 fireballs in sky.FA-22 Raptors intersepting its way
Frankfort · IL, USA
Very unusally HIGH amount of air traffic at sunset
Lebanon · IL, USA
shaped craft was flying very low and very slow directly over my vehicle
Palatine · IL, USA
i'm clean meaning i wasn't drinking smoking or on any drug i don't wear glasses or contacts i saw three oval white object flying throug
Galesburg · IL, USA
An unusually bright light moved across the sky and disappeared about 30 degrees off the horizon.
Galesburg · IL, USA
Earlier report was found to be ISS.
Springfield · IL, USA
white glowing craft travels overhead and changes direction
Roscoe · IL, USA
Disk shaped metallic object in sky, hovered, and was gone. Slight trail, but also gone in seconds.
Tinley Park · IL, USA
2 Flashing Lights In Tinley Park
Beecher · IL, USA
Flash of light, saucer, into another flash of light
Park Ridge · IL, USA
((HOAX??)) 2 Huge White Orbs...moving slowly...at different directions...Chicago, IL
Rockford/Loves Park · IL, USA
Strange colorful ball of light over Loves Park IL late at night