Illinois UFO Sightings

ILLINOIS

ALSIP
May 19,2001
Filer's Files #24, 2001

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS
August 23, 2002
See Filer's Files

BARRINGTON
August 7, 2002
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BATH
November 6, 2001
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BELLEVILLE
February 23, 2002
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BLOOMINGTON
August 22, 2001
See Filer's Files #37

BOLINGBROOK
May 17, 2001
Filer's Files #24, 2001

BOLINGBROOK
September 11, 2001
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BRADFORD
3/18/50
(NICAP)
A private pilot watched an illuminated oval pass his plane.

BRADFORD
12/27/50
(NICAP)
A Trans-World Airways pilot watched a light source perform violent and erratic maneuvers.

BRADLEY
August 30, 2002
See Filer's Files

BUFFALO GROVE
May 30, 2001
Filer's Files #24, 2001

CASEYVILLE
4/20/2000
UFO Roundup Vol 5, #5

CENTRALIA
8/7/63
(Magonia)
Five people observed a luminous source flying slowly over railraod tracks. It traveled west, then north and seemed ready to land in a wooded area. Its luminosity was variable.

CHAMPAIGN
November 6, 2002
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CHANSON
June 10, 2001
Filer's Files #27

CHERRY VALLEY
January 9, 2002
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CHICAGO
6/25/52
(Bluebook)
8:30 p.m. Witnesses: Mrs. Norbury, Mr. Matheis. One bright yellow-white, egg-shaped object which sometimes had a red tail, made seven circles in 1 1/2 hours.

CHICAGO
6/29/52
(Bluebook)
5:45 p.m. witnesses: three USAF air policemen. One bright silver, flat oval object surrounded by a blue haze, hovered, then moved very fast to the right and to the left, and up and down for 45 minutes.

CHICAGO
5/9/64
(Bluebook)
10:20 p.m. Witness: J.R. Betz, U.S. District Court reporter. Three light green crescent-shaped objects, about half the apparent size of the Moon, flew very fast in tight formation from east to west, oscillating in size and color for 3 seconds.

CHICAGO
7/3/96
(RDUP10/27/96)
Mrs. M and her grown son were driving out of Chicago, heading to Maryland on vacation, when they spotted an unusual object in the sky. It was 12:30 p.m., Mrs. M recalls, and her son "pointed toward the sky and told me to look...My first impression was that it was a 'flying wing' but, of course, there was nothing attached to it. It was bluer than the sky, metallic, but not especially shiny, not reflecting the sun which was very bright. The object remained stationary for a few minutes, then appeared to turn at a 90-degree angle and disappear away from us. We were driving south, so it was also headed south. I am very much interested to know if anyone else saw this object."

CHICAGO
August 5, 2001
See Filer's Files #34

CHICAGO
August 9, 2001
See Filer's Files #33

CHICAGO
November 15, 2001
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CHICAGO
April 14, 2002
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CHICAGO
September 15, 2002
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CHICAGO
January 13, 2003
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COUNTRYSIDE
July 1, 2001
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CRESCENT CITY
September 4, 2001
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CRETE
September 1, 2001
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DECATUR
September 24, 2002
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DES PLAINES
6/14/98
UFO Roundup Vol 3, #35

DES PLAINES
October 5, 2002
See Filer's Files

DOWNERS GROVE
August 1, 2001
See Filer's Files #33

DUNLAP
August 13, 2001
See Filer's Files #35

EAST CARONDELET
7/4/97
(RDUP7/20/97)
Eyewitness reported, "While we were shooting fireworks, we looked up and saw a blue light traveling very quickly (from) East to West. It was very high, but at the same time, it appeared to be right on top of us. I asked who it was who had shot that, and nobody had launched anything. Besides, it had way too much altitude, and was coming from an impossible direction to have been launched by us...I walked out onto the driveway, looking West, and realized that no neighbors were out. And even if they were, they'd be way too far away to have fired a rocket that high...No noise was noted. Almost my entire family saw it."

EAST DUNDEE
9/29/99
UFO Roundup Vol 4, #24

EAST ST. LOUIS
October 15, 2002
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ELMWOOD PARK
11/4/57
(Magonia)
Two policemen and another man observed a fluorescent object 50 to 100 meters away from them, coming down. The car headlights, which had failed, suddenly began working again and they drove toward the object until stopped by a cemetary wall. They turned off all lights and watched the object for two minutes as it played "hide and seek" with them.

EVANSTON
August 7, 2001
See Filer's Files #33

EVANSTON
June 2, 2002
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EVANSTON
June 18, 2002
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FAIRFIELD
9/2/98
UFO Roundup Vol 3, #37

FOREST PARK
October 5, 2002
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GALESBURG
3/9/67
(Bluebook)
7:10 p.m. Witnesses: two housewives. One object shaped like a pancake with a rounded top; object was pulsating red, with red lights around its rim. Approached witnesses and seemed to explode with a brilliant white light that lasted 10 seconds and almost blinded them. Then it accelerated to the north and disappeared.

GALESBURG-MOLINE
3/6/67
(Bluebook)
4:25 a.m. Witness: Deputy Sheriff Frank Courson. One object shaped like a rubber cup which is placed under furniture leg, with a dome set in the cup. Bottom of object spun rapidly, rim pulsated red. Approached witness and passed overhead at low altitude, making a hieeing sound.

GREENFIELD
March 21, 2002
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HANNA CITY
2/26/66
(Magonia)
A civilian witness was driving 8 km east of Farminton when a flying oval object the size of a car came within 3 meters of him, circled twice, and then left toward the north. It emitted a bright red glow, supported a dome with a green light, produced radio interference, and made a strange noise.

HOMER GLENN
November 2, 2002
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HUNTLEY
3/2/55
(Magonia)
A car was followed for 10 minutes by three elongated "balloons", each showing eight red lights and about 7 meters long.

LAKE FOREST
March 14, 2002
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LAWRENCEVILLE
6/8/64
(Magonia)
Helen Reed observed a spinning object, 5 meters above the ground, less than 20 meters away, coming and going with right-angle turns. It had a dome from which blue light turning to red emanated, and bands of yellow light. It disappeared behind some trees to the north.

LEBANON
December 4, 2001
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MILLSTADT & LEBANON
January 5, 2000
Police officers observe a UFO.

MT. VERNON
8/8/63
(Magonia)
An oval, luminous object coming from the north dived toward Centralia Road and flew around and followed a car. It went away towards the west, disappeared like a light being turned off, then was seen again in the west flying very fast. It was observed for 15 minutes by numerous witnesses.

MT. VERNON
October 8, 2001
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NAPERVILLE
3/26/62
(Bluebook)
11:40 p.m. Witnesses: Mrs. D. Wheeler, Claudine Milligan. Six or eight red balls, arranged in a rectangular formation, became two objects with lights by the end of the 15 minute sighting.

NASHVILLE
August 28, 2001
See Filer's Files #36

NILES
November, 2002
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NORMAL
July 1, 2001
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PALATINE
May 19, 2001
Filer's Files #24, 2001

PALOS HEIGHTS
January, 2003
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PARK FOREST
October 6, 2001
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PITTSBURG
October 8, 2001
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RIPLEY
8/20/98
UFO Roundup Vol 3, #35

RIVER FOREST
September 28, 2002
See Filer's Files

ROCKFORD
2/16/00
UFO Roundup Vol 5, #8

ROCKFORD
February 27, 2002
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ROCKFORD
June 30, 2002
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