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)
Downers Grove · IL, USA
In the morning I looked outside my window to see a white mailbox shaped object with thin black lines and thick red lines floating above
Freeport · IL, USA
circle cluster of bright lights change to star like cluster and disappears!
Algonquin · IL, USA
((HOAX??)) It was a glowing yellow object that left a thin vapor trail that evaporated soon after it dissipeared.
Park Ridge · IL, USA
((HOAX??)) Triangle Hovers & Shoots Out A Beam Of Light & Follows A Commercial Flight.
Park Ridge · IL, USA
((HOAX??)) Huge Black Boomerang & Gray Disk Spotted Within 15 Minutes--Park Ridge, IL...Near O'Hare Airport.
Leland · IL, USA
Lights
Chicago · IL, USA
I live on the southside of Chicago in a neighborhood called Mount Greenwood. I got off of work around 11:30 PM on Wednesday, June 18th,
Chicago · IL, USA
Glowing amber orb flying through sky at night
Niles · IL, USA
V-shaped craft observed over northern Chicago suburb.
South Elgin · IL, USA
three orange circular lights travelling WSW in area of South Elgin, IL, a far west suburb of Chicago.
Chicago · IL, USA
boomerang shaped object hanging in the air changed shape and looked like a string then metal ball
Chicago · IL, USA
Still UFO was observing something in the middle of the day
McHenry · IL, USA
Ball of light moving to the east slow and silent around 2 miles high.
Oak Lawn · IL, USA
Flying Black Egg Craft? Is this the way a Chupacabra Travels?
Lisle · IL, USA
Afternoon sighting of 15+ ufo's that changed colors and were the size of stars in the night sky.
Peoria · IL, USA
An item moving at an incredible speed in a straight line with no sound.
Homer Glen · IL, USA
On 4/1/08 at 05:30 I saw three objects with very intense bright white strobes over Homer Glen Illinois.
Arlington Heights · IL, USA
Soundless Hovering Crafts in Arlington Heights IL
Pekin · IL, USA
Triangular and low-flying aircraft sighted at my house.
Palestine (near) · IL, USA
Four witnesses see a large glowing circle exchanges fire with 6 fighter jets
McHenry · IL, USA
Orange object moving slowly while oscilating wildly is seen approaching, then changes to a point of light.
Crestwood · IL, USA
formation of UFO's
McHenry · IL, USA
Triangle shaped craft with bright white lights over Mchenry, IL at approx. 20:35.
Rockford · IL, USA
An engineer in the aero-engineering field could not identify a strange triangular object over northern Illinois.
Albion · IL, USA
me and 2 of my friends was walking from fairfeild to albion illinois on friday the 18th,the time was 4:30 we would walk for 20 minutes