NUFORC Reports for State IL

Link	Occurred	City	State	Country	Shape	Summary	Reported	Media	Explanation
Open	02/06/1995 00:00	Bloomington	IL	USA		Two truckers stop trucks, witness 3 "vertical slashes of light" beside highway. Both alarmed. Dramatic sighting.	02/06/1995
Open	02/16/1995 23:45	Des Plaines	IL	USA		FAA Regional Office calls to confirm multiple sighting reports received on previous evening.	02/17/1995
Open	02/18/1995 18:00	Warren	IL	USA		Woman w/ kids see 3 "space shuttle" type craft hover, streak. Eject smaller objects (!). Many witnesses. Good rept.	02/18/1995
Open	02/20/1995 18:00	Warren	IL	USA		2nd sighting report of 6 strange objects hovering over town. Looked like space shuttle. Many witnesses.	03/08/1995
Open	03/15/1995 22:40	Collinsville	IL	USA		St. Louis resident calls to describe sighting over IL. Blue-green obj., slow flight, luminous, white tail.	03/16/1995
Open	03/15/1995 22:32	Litchfield	IL	USA		Young woman, boyfriend witness hovering blue-green object very close. Obj. headed east. Vague confusion after sighting. .	03/17/1995
Open	04/22/1995 23:49	Oregon	IL	USA		Local police relay rept. from youth, who had reported seeing saucer-shaped obj. w/ dome and marker lights.	04/22/1995
Open	04/21/1995 23:49	Oregon	IL	USA		Younth & friend witness saucer-shaped obj. w/ dome pass overhead. 2 lights on each side, red in front, strobe behind red.	04/22/1995
Open	04/25/1995 02:30	Grape Creek	IL	USA		Two youth witness flash in sky, then "vapor trail" streaking down. Witness green strobe, "like lightning," in woods nearby.	04/25/1995
Open	04/22/1995 00:00	Danville	IL	USA		Woman (77 yrs.) repts. witnessing strange obj. ascending "like jet plane" near Danville airport. Bizarre object.	04/26/1995
Open	05/15/1995 12:30	W. Chicago	IL	USA		Woman repts. stationary obj. in sky. Looks round, possibly reflecting sunlight. Started moving, then "just disappeared."	05/15/1995
Open	05/24/1995 21:00	East Aurora	IL	USA		Anonymous male caller repts. very bizarre obj. sighted in sky from Farnsworth (?), IL. (No details).	05/24/1995
Open	07/07/1995 23:59	Aurora	IL	USA		Man repts. object streaks overhead to SE horizon.	07/08/1995
Open	07/22/1995 20:00	Springfield	IL	USA		Man & mother report small, glowing, cigar-shaped obj. moving slowly across sky. Accelerated suddenly, streaked off.	07/24/1995
Open	07/24/1995 22:30	Arlington	IL	USA		Man repts. seeing "whole sky light up." Flash appeared to be from very high up, very bright, stationary, and cast shadows.	07/26/1995
Open	07/27/1995 01:00	Belleville	IL	USA		Man repts. seeing "silver cylinder" moving in sky. (Facts not complete.)	07/27/1995
Open	08/19/1995 21:00	Hayworth	IL	USA		Man reports 4 peculiar lights in night sky, which are visible on second night. (Possible stars?)	08/20/1995
Open	10/15/1995 18:15	Godfrey	IL	USA		Man & 2 sons witness, pursue in car, strange obj. in rural area. Was size, approx. color of moon. Odd shape, haze. "Winked out."	10/17/1995
Open	11/05/1995 21:45	Champaign	IL	USA		Woman & 9-yr. daughter heard "sirens" then noticed obj. sitting above nearby trees. Looked "like Xmas lights." Followed them.	11/05/1995
Open	11/05/1995 23:20	Mascoutah	IL	USA		Nurse returning home sees "bright white light shoot over her truck, straight ahead (of her)." Upset. Possible phy. effect on car.	11/06/1995
Open	12/01/1995 23:40	Orland Park	IL	USA		Man repts. seeing 4-5 very bright, multi-colored lights in southern night sky. Appear to move, but very little. (Twinkling stars?)	12/01/1995
Open	12/09/1995 18:30	Springfield	IL	USA		IL State Police/Morgan Co. Sher. relayed mult. repts. of peculiar, very brightwhite&blue flashes in sky. Seen by citizens, troopers.	12/10/1995
Open	12/10/1995 23:00	Jolliet	IL	USA		Man witnesses bright red streak of light travel from W to E in front of his car as he is driving N on highway.	12/12/1995
Open	03/01/1996 22:15	Bath	IL	USA		Woman, children, neighbors witness "big orange ball of light." Obj. dims, then reappears w/ red blinking light. Moves off fast.	03/02/1996
Open	01/05/1996 01:30	Round Lake	IL	USA		Woman sees 2 solid red lights move across sky, maneuvering, "mimicking one another." Stop, become green; 1 disappears, then 2nd.	01/11/1996
Open	01/14/1996 21:00	Collinsville	IL	USA			01/14/1996
Open	06/30/1996 22:00	Chicago	IL	USA		Witness reports UFO's over city all week. FAA indicates multiple reports. Closest appeared oval shaped, metallic w/ strobe.	07/01/1996
Open	05/21/1996 23:58	Charleston	IL	USA		Four youth camping witness big white light, then huge triangular craft w/ 2 red lights on side. Obj. illuminated them with spotlight.	05/22/1996
Open	12/02/1996 19:00	Sumner	IL	USA		Mother, 2 daughters, rept. 2x large white lights in sky, surrounded by multiple white and blue, smaller lights.	12/11/1996
Open	09/01/1979 00:05	Rockford/Belvedere (between)	IL	USA	Disk	Saw a very large object 1000-1500 ft in diameter having difficulty. Saucer shaped about twice the size of a quarter held at arms lengt	12/07/1996
Open	02/25/1997 02:00	Crystal Lake	IL	USA	Sphere	I was laying on the sofa looking out the window at 2:00am with the Moon and Mars in the sky and all of the sudden I saw an orange-red b	03/04/1997
Open	08/15/1970 20:00	Seymore/Farmer City/Weldon area	IL	USA	Disk	Large Aluminun-colored "Saucer"	03/18/1997
Open	05/10/1997 04:10	Neoga (6 mi. west)	IL	USA	triangle	A 300 TRIANGULAR SHAPED CRAFT, WITH HUNDREDSOF RED DOT LIGHTS, FLEW DIRECTLY OVER HEAD,MAKING NO NOISE, 200 HUNDRED FEET OVER TREE LINE	05/11/1997
Open	07/04/1997 21:15	Elmwood	IL	USA	Light	Unusual object descended from clouds. Not a firework, never came up from the ground.	07/04/1997
Open	07/04/1997 21:00	Belleville area college	IL	USA	Light	while watching fireworks i saw and many otheres saw a bright blue light go over us farly fast and then disappear. every one was wowed	07/07/1997
Open	07/04/1997 21:00	Belleville	IL	USA	Light	WHILE WATCHING MOVIE AT DRIVE-IN THEATER, THE ENTIRE AREA LIT UP FOR SEVERAL SECONDS WITH A BLUE-GREEN LIGHT.	07/08/1997
Open	07/04/1997 21:45	East Alton	IL	USA	Light	We saw a bright blue-green object streak across the southern sky at a great rate of speed,travelling from east to west.	07/08/1997
Open	07/04/1997 21:40	Collinsville	IL	USA	Light	A blue light streaked across the sky at high speed for a couple seconds. It was accompained by a crackling of burning sound.	07/07/1997
Open	07/04/1997 21:35	Millstadt	IL	USA	Light	blue light traveling due west ended in red flash appeared to be close overhead. I think it was space junk or meteor due to similar sigh	07/07/1997
Open	07/04/1997 21:30	Belleville (3.5 SW of Scott AFB)	IL	USA	Light	Royal Blue light moving very fast, east to west almost directly overhead. Small teardrop shape.	07/08/1997
Open	07/04/1997 22:30	Columbia	IL	USA	Light	Neon light blue ball passing east to west across the sky	07/08/1997
Open	07/04/1997 21:25	Olney	IL	USA	Light	Object flashed overhead, bright blue/green	07/08/1997
Open	07/04/1997 21:35	Fairview Heights	IL	USA	Light	A blue light seen overhead moving east to west,very fast.It was not fireworks.	07/08/1997
Open	07/04/1997 22:00	Dupo	IL	USA	Light	Flying object beamed a large blue light across the ground as the object moved from south to north . We were directly in the path of th	07/08/1997
Open	07/04/1997 22:00	Alton	IL	USA	Light	This report is being entered for an aquaintance of mine who told me to contact this sight and inform you. He saw that "blue/green ball	07/09/1997
Open	07/04/1997 21:45	Millstadt	IL	USA	Light	BRIGHT BLUEISH BALL OF LIGHT WITH TAIL, ILLUMINATED A 2000 SQ.FT. AREA FOR ABOUT 5 SECONDS.	07/07/1997
Open	07/05/1997 21:00	Caseyville	IL	USA	Sphere	At first I thought it was a firework. But it was to high very high in the sky. I waited for another. Then I thought what was that? It w	07/07/1997
Open	07/04/1997 21:15	Granite City	IL	USA	Light	Fourth of july celebration.	07/08/1997
Open	07/04/1997 22:00	Old Valmeyer Bottoms-Valmeyer	IL	USA	Teardrop	Blue bullet shaped light appeared 200-400ft above ground level. Traveling slightly slower than a meterorite, and lasting approx. 30 se	07/08/1997
Open	07/04/1997 21:45	Belleville Community College	IL	USA	Light	During fire works display the blue object moved in the southern sky from east to west. Most people my have taken it for a miss fired fi	07/08/1997		Meteor?
Open !	07/04/1997 22:00	Granite City (5min.from St.Louis,MO.)	IL	USA	Light	A blue-green light moved so fast across the sky I had to turn my head to keep up with it.	07/08/1997
Open	07/04/1997 21:45	Brighton	IL	USA	Light	While shooting fireworks, saw a bright blue object move horizontilly from east to west across the field in the back of the house.	07/08/1997
Open	07/04/1997 21:45	Lenzburg	IL	USA	Light	Blue ball moving east to west lasting 3 -5 seconds then disappearing. Lit up surrounding area.	07/11/1997
Open	03/06/1996 19:00	Frankfort	IL	USA	Other	Object was 50 ft. across the bottom, dome on the top, red, green, and blue lights on the sides; around 150 approx. off the ground.	07/12/1997
Open	07/04/1997 22:45	Freeburg (outside of)	IL	USA	Light	Blue light going from the east to the west very fast, no sound thought it was fireworks at the time.. After talking to everyone at the	07/13/1997
Open	12/13/1996 20:00	Karnak	IL	USA	Cylinder	At about 8:00 at night I was sitting outside staring at the stars when I saw a streak of green light followed by an explosion.Right bef	07/14/1997
Open	07/24/1997 21:45	Murphysboro	IL	USA	Cylinder	The witnessed reported to me she saw a irradescent,green,cylindar object move horizontal across the sky going South to North. She first	07/27/1997
Open	08/12/1997 23:30	Fultz	IL	USA	rectangle	REDDISH RECTANGLE HOVERING IN WOODER AREA WITH LOW TO MID LOW RANGE PITCH SOUNDS	08/13/1997
Open	09/15/1997 21:00	Chicago	IL	USA	Light	Large green flash of light (probably 2 miles wide*1 mile high) right after the MIR & the spaceshuttle disconnected. Lasted about .5 of	11/03/1997
Open	11/20/1997 02:00	Chicago	IL	USA	Other	A couple friends and i witnessed a possible ufo sighting at about 2 am. In the northeast quadrant we saw a bright white object tht ca	11/20/1997
Open	09/19/1997 05:40	Orland Park	IL	USA	Rectangle	When pulling out of my driveway headed north I noticed a stationary bright white light above the west horizon which suddenly sped off t	12/02/1997
Open	12/19/1995 15:20	Joliet	IL	USA	Oval	2 objects seen in clear sky hovering. seen while driving E on US 30. Object 1 appeared to 'float' around object 2. Glint from top of on	02/01/1998
Open	06/05/1995 20:00	Aurora (outside)	IL	USA	Triangle	TRIANGULAR SHAPED OBJECT MOVING TOWARDS ME THINKING IT IS A AIRPLANE I WAS LOOKING TO GET A GOOD LOOK IT WAS VERY LOW HEARD NO SOUND FL	02/08/1998
Open	07/15/1995 23:30	Carthage	IL	USA	Light	Light in the sky that moved unusually and flashed. What I saw lasted approximately 2 minutes and in no way could it have been an aircr	03/08/1998
Open	04/15/1991 00:00	Scott A.F.B.	IL	USA	Triangle	Observed 1 object moving app. 200 kts., traveling east to west, altitude app. 3000 ft.	03/12/1998
Open	07/09/1989 20:20	Beardstown	IL	USA	Circle	seen 2 gold circular shaped lights in northeast region of sky. The first light slowly dimmed out, and then a second gold light jus	03/27/1998
Open	04/05/1998 23:35	Channahon (near Joliet)	IL	USA	Triangle	I saw these three Lights in the sky, as the came closer, the stopped, hovered, rotated, and then began to move towards me. I sped off,	04/05/1998
Open	04/24/1998 00:25	Bedford Park	IL	USA	Fireball	A glowing green sphere, with a white rectangular light behind it, emerged and then streaked westwardly. As it streaked it slightly gre	04/25/1998
Open	04/14/1998 21:30	Texico	IL	USA	Other	a boomerang shaped flying object with numerous lights was seen hovering	04/28/1998
Open	04/18/1998 21:30	Glenview	IL	USA	Triangle	We were watching a movie when one of my freind saw something out of the window. he called all of us over to look at it. A couple days l	04/29/1998
Open	04/25/1998 21:00	Manito (outside of)	IL	USA	Formation	3 circular shaped ufos changing formation more than 4 times	05/04/1998
Open	05/06/1998 23:30	Manito (2 miles north of)	IL	USA	Triangle	2 unknown flying objects moving, far too complex for a plane. There is no area around where missles would be launched	05/07/1998
Open	05/11/1998 22:12	South Holland	IL	USA	Disk	4 disk shaped objects traveling in a NNE direction.Emiting no sound and appearing to change course to ENE after reaching Lake Michigan.	05/11/1998
Open	05/10/1998 21:30	Carpentersville	IL	USA	Circle	Bright round object in sky	05/13/1998
Open	05/12/1998 21:00	Chebanse	IL	USA	Disk	Last night we had severe thunderstorms. I was 7 or 8 minutes from home and out in the country. To my right up in the clouds I thought I	05/13/1998
Open	06/21/1992 05:00	Mt.Vernon	IL	USA	Egg	I was driving down route 15 ,when i noticed the craft resting on the ground It was about 200 yards away.	05/24/1998
Open	05/30/1998 01:40	Woodstock	IL	USA	Cigar	I looked up in the sky and saw a green luminous cigar shaped craft. Right when I saw it it took off . A few seconds latr it came bac	05/31/1998
Open	08/01/1964 09:30	Chicago	IL	USA	Formation	The event was exactly the same as reported last year 1997 over the city of Arizona. There were 5 circular lights hovering over the hous	06/03/1998
Open	08/21/1998 21:00	Mt Sterling	IL	USA	Light	8/21-8/27 Approx. 50 lights in south sky moving up & down, & side to side.	09/23/1998
Open		Libertyville	IL	USA	Sphere	I was a young boy, perhaps twelve or so. My friends and I were playing in the steet, a game that we called frisbee football. Anyway, I	06/25/1998
Open	05/15/1998 00:00	S. Beloit	IL	USA	Circle	IT LOOKED LIKE A REG STAR,WHEN I STARTED TO LOOK AT IT FOR MAYBE 1 MIN. OR SO IT GOT VERY BRITE VERY HOT WHITE THEN IT SEEMED TO GO UP	07/02/1998
Open	10/12/1997 22:30	Chicago	IL	USA	Light	Me and my friend were driving back from a Cubs game and we saw a red light in the sky it was moving very fast, then stopped, went back	07/03/1998
Open	07/05/1998 00:34	Round Lake Beach, Illinois	IL	USA	Light	Two brighter than star objects first observed at zenith; appeared that one was "chasing" or following the second which was, at times,zi	07/05/1998
Open	07/11/1998 22:43	Franklin Park (60131)	IL	USA	Circle	Yellow circle in northeast sky moving northward	07/12/1998
Open	07/11/1998 22:20	Chicago	IL	USA	Light	Series of star-like points, approximate visual magnitude +3, shifting positions among each other, but as a group moving uniformly in a	07/13/1998
Open	08/04/1996 07:00	Knoxville	IL	USA	Oval	Taking pictures of hayfields to paint.Object was not seen until film was developed.	07/19/1998
Open	07/20/1998 02:00	Tinley Park/I-57 (Between, on I 80)	IL	USA	Light	It looked like two strobe lights flying together	07/20/1998
Open	08/13/1998 04:13	Belvidere (5 miles north of)	IL	USA	Flash	Large blue flash and con trail similar to meteor, however with a evenly split blue tail. And a con trail that sustained for approximate	08/13/1998
Open	10/01/1998 21:02	Mt Sterling	IL	USA	Formation	3 orange fireballs in triangle formation - 1 triangle shaped craft without sound.	10/02/1998
Open	08/20/1998 22:00	Rushville	IL	USA	Unknown	TWO BRIGHT ORANGE LIGHTS SIDE BY SIDE AND TWO BRIGHT YELLOW LIGHTS ON THE OUTSIDE OF THEM	10/08/1998
Open	10/18/1998 09:30	Jacksonville	IL	USA	Light	First one appeared in the eastern sky and moved slowly south, about 10 minutes later another light appeared in the same spot the first	10/19/1998
Open	10/10/1998 13:15	Elgin	IL	USA	Cylinder	While looking up at sky I noticed a bright light hovering above the sky. then I noticed a jet airliner traveling in the same area and I	10/10/1998
Open	10/01/1998 21:15	Ipava	IL	USA	Triangle	An object which resmbled car headlights in the sky was spotted to SW. A discernable craft flew directly overhead and proceeded to disa	10/12/1998
Open	10/03/1998 14:30	Carbondale	IL	USA	Changing	a Black object not moving. It was about 1500-2000 feet in altitude, and about the size of a gumball held at arms length.	10/16/1998
Open	10/16/1998 21:55	Carbondale	IL	USA	Sphere	I saw a spherical object at a distance. It had a slight green glow. It just appeared, then took off in a northeast direction very qui	10/17/1998
Open	10/23/1998 00:00	Chicago (O'hare Airport)	IL	USA	Teardrop	I was on patrol I looked up in the sky at the little dipper & at the bottom left of it inbetween a star to the left bottom was a very b	10/29/1998
Open	10/28/1998 23:50	Chicago (SW sky over Lake Michigan)	IL	USA	Oval	Lying in bed I noticed a bright ball in the sky that rapidly changed colors from red to blue to white. After realizing that it hadn't	10/29/1998
Open	10/15/1971 20:30	Tinley Park	IL	USA	Disk	Saw a disc shaped craft with 3 lights	10/31/1998
Open	09/15/1998 20:15	Hodgkins	IL	USA	Sphere	What I saw was purely unexpected, the sun had just set and I was sitting in my car when I noticed one plane being followed by what look	11/07/1998
Open	08/01/1996 17:45	Granite City	IL	USA	Sphere	We saw somthing in the sky that resembled sky writer plane @ first, but then turned into a pulsating ball.	11/13/1998
Link	Occurred	City	State	Country	Shape	Summary	Reported	Media	Explanation