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)
Fair Oaks (landings) · IL, USA
Triangle like object with bright white lights hovered over Old Collinsville Road near power lines and a cornfield.
Oak Lawn · IL, USA
2 oval shaped flying next to each other
Elmhurst · IL, USA
A disk like object with glowing lights.
Chicago · IL, USA
Bright light seen over the city of Chicago.
Mokena · IL, USA
While waiting in my vehicle at my daughter's bus stop in -4 degree weather, we both witnessed a very large object in the northern part
North Riverside · IL, USA
Attempted abduction [?] of 2 people in Suburban Bike Trail by a U.F.O. 500 Lights On Object0: Yes
Cary · IL, USA
It was a disc shaped craft with red, blue, and green lights that hovered too low to be a plane and was out of eye sight in 5 seconds.
Rockford · IL, USA
triangular shaped crafts in northern illinois
Beecher · IL, USA
BRIGHT lights, some fading in and out, forming a V on one night
Lisle · IL, USA
A solid light that changed sizes instantly and then disappeared.
Manito · IL, USA
Bright orange spheres over central illinois
Tinley Park · IL, USA
Triangle Shape object over Tinley Park, IL
Loves Park · IL, USA
Four unmoving, wide blue beams of light at night from sky to ground, with no light source.
Frankfort · IL, USA
UFO seen over Harlem Ave.
Chicago · IL, USA
12/23/2007 13:30 Chicago Il.darkish disc shaped amongst the cloud staying still I got a 3 min. rec.shot of it.
East Moline · IL, USA
triangular shape caught my attention.
Chicago · IL, USA
One large triangular shaped object, seen by two children from an apt building kitchen window facing east, comming from the direction of
Franklin Park · IL, USA
dark,shadowy ,oval/rectangular object , with no lights,traveling at "approaching/landing" height level from the soutwest to norteast.
Normal · IL, USA
standing outside my friends house looking at the stars we saw an object with no lights it.
Chicago · IL, USA
Two UFO's clearly in background of Spielberg's Jaws movie.
Western Springs · IL, USA
heard strange high pitched noise.
Springfield · IL, USA
Ball of light flicks out, reappears and explods into many balls of light that form a circle in the sky.
Chicago · IL, USA
Dancing Dazzling Lights Up In The Sky
Crete · IL, USA
Stationary and repeated streaks of light in the sky.
Monee · IL, USA
Two bright objects just south of Chicago never moving, just fad away.