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)
Salem · IL, USA
Went outside and there was a light pretty high up over our tree line (from our view) this light has been here for a while and before wa
Leaf River · IL, USA
Saw 7-9 very dim lights moving SW-NE very fast in line , no flashing lights like a plane. ((Starlink satellites?))
Chicago · IL, USA
Chicago Ohare Sighting 4.20.20
Cary · IL, USA
Four round, and silver objects flying high and changing formations.
Chicago · IL, USA
Disc shaped light over Chicago.
Tinley Park · IL, USA
White object big and bright. Tinley park, illinois
Tinley Park · IL, USA
White circle object that was super bright and low in sky in Tinley park Illinois
Chillicothe · IL, USA
Fleet of unidentified lighted aircraft shooting through the Illinois skies. ((Starlink satellites?))
Casey · IL, USA
14 lights. ((Starlink satellites?))
Joliet · IL, USA
White lights forming straight line. ((Starlink satellites?))
Markham · IL, USA
They were seen flying southeasterly Direction. I will find a straight line formation smaller ones in the front followed by one large ai
Carlinville · IL, USA
BRIGHT LIGHTS 10-15 IN NUMBERS FLYING IN A PERFECT STRAIGHT LINE. ((Starlink satellites?))
Plainfield · IL, USA
I noticed from the corner of my eye a string of lights. ((Starlink satellites?))
Peotone · IL, USA
Myself and 3 other family members saw a line of 60 to 100 lights. ((Starlink satellites?))
Springfield · IL, USA
String of white lights. ((Starlink satellites?))
Aurora · IL, USA
We were in the backyard BBQing and looked up in the sky and seen a line of bright lights very high ((Starlink satellites?))
Wheaton · IL, USA
I saw about 20 circular lit-up objects flying in a row in the sky. ((Starlink satellites?))
Naperville · IL, USA
We saw about 100 tiny lights like stars flying in a straight line from the west to the east directly over our home. They were very dist
Johnsburg · IL, USA
15 UFO white lights in a single file line Johnsburg Illinois. ((Starlink satellites?))
Westmont · IL, USA
Line of star-like lights all moving slowly across the night sky until they abruptly disappeared. ((Starlink satellites?))
East Peoria · IL, USA
2 separate sighting same location within 5 minutes, first sight, then about 20 lights continous same direction ((Starlink satellites?))
Aurora · IL, USA
Line of possible UFO's sighted over Aurora IL, USA. ((Starlink satellites?))
Breese · IL, USA
Vertical linear formation of lights that resembled stars, but disintegrated one by one. ((Starlink satellites?))
Jacksonville · IL, USA
((NUFORC Note: Witness provides no information. PD))
Jacksonville · IL, USA
A line of fast moving lights coming from the north west all disappeared into the same location. ((Starlink satellites?))