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Illinois · Cook County · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin Metro
Chicago is a major city in Illinois with a population of 2,707,648. Residents earn $75,134 per year, which is 0% below the national average.
3.3
/5.0
B
Good
2,707,648
Population
11,889/sq mi density
$75,134
Median Income
$48,148 per capita
$315,200
Home Value
$312,457 Zillow
$1,380
Median Rent
29.0% income on rent
52°F
Avg Temperature
269 sunny days/yr
943
Violent Crime/100K
2,983 property/100K
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Overall
3.3 / 5.0
Good overall score based on economy, affordability, safety and education
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Economy
3.6 / 5.0
$75,134 median income, 5.3% unemployment
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Affordability
4.3 / 5.0
$315,200 home value, $1,380/mo rent
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Safety
1.0 / 5.0
943 violent crimes/100K (148% above avg)
A
Education
4.5 / 5.0
43.3% bachelor's degree or higher
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UFO Sightings Near Chicago, IL
200 UFO sighting reports from the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) found near Chicago, IL.
| Name | Year | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Chicago, IL | 2014 | On 18 February 2014, at 6:55 p.m, my adult daughter and I were taking out the garbage. We stepped into the alley, emptied the cans, a |
| Chicago, IL | 2013 | Four very bright orange orbs were seen by my girlfriend and myself on Friday evening, as we were pulling out of a Jewel down town Chica |
| Chicago, IL | 2013 | Not a clear object, but a very clear light, 3 blinks and movement. |
| Chicago, IL | 2013 | That t i was looking S out my window at a full moon. To the right and lower i seen a red object slowly pulsing. |
| Chicago, IL | 2013 | Orange/red glowing fireball in southwest sky over Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago, IL. |
| Chicago, IL | 2013 | Bright cone shaped object in the sky |
| Chicago, IL | 2013 | Red glowing lights over chicago chased by an airplane. |
| Chicago, IL | 2013 | Five lights forming a scalene triangle flying North to South over Chicago (3/27/13) |
| Chicago, IL | 2013 | Dark gray flat-ended saucer shaped object flying west to east. |
| Chicago, IL | 2013 | Observed 3 orange orb like shapes moving north to south in direction just east of downtown Chicago. Altitude less then 5k feet. Orbs a |
| Chicago, IL | 2013 | We saw what I can only describe as a "box kite with a pulsating red/blue light inside." |
| Chicago, IL | 2013 | we look in to the sky a bout 10 pm we witnesse frist a fire ball goin from south to north and 3 m a bout 5 minutes later 2 more ball |
| Chicago, IL | 2013 | 3 orbs in triangle formation (or 3 lights on a really big triangle?) over Chicago going NE to SW |
| Chicago, IL | 2013 | We saw three red and orange orbs in a triangular form in the dark Chicago sky. |
| Chicago, IL | 2013 | Red fireball orbs and about two triangles ascending from chicago lake michigan |
| Chicago (1/2 hour out of), IL | 2012 | Bright Light @ Great Speed |
| Chicago, IL | 2012 | Brilliant yellow/orange star-like light seen over downtown Chicago. |
| Chicago, IL | 2012 | Grayish black oval sighted over Chicago moving at fast rate of speed! |
| Chicago, IL | 2012 | Strange formation of hovering lights over wolf lake |
| Chicago, IL | 2012 | Red Flying object over lake shore Dr, Chicago, IL |
| Chicago, IL | 2012 | Dark Grey oval shaped object flying above plane at high rate of speed |
| Chicago, IL | 2012 | Flying serpent worm like object |
| Chicago, IL | 2012 | 6/22/12 On my second floor deck, viewed a shining white orb, high in the sky, soundless, travelling Northwest to Southeast. |
| Chicago, IL | 2012 | Large grayish rectangle outlined in the sky |
| Chicago, IL | 2012 | Mysterious pink/purple orbs in the Chicago night sky traveling at great speed and high altitude. |
| Chicago, IL | 2012 | I was driving in my car heading west on Belmont street around 5200 west 3100 south and was approaching the intersection of Long and Bel |
| Chicago, IL | 2012 | 5/19/12 saw 2 UFOs red dome front head yellow square body colors dotted-like; flying silently due NW. |
| Chicago, IL | 2012 | Multiple red lights that floated up, and away from each other, formed a diagonal line, then disappeared. |
| Chicago, IL | 2012 | Orbs of lights 13+ in waves flying west near Midway airport. |
| Chicago, IL | 2012 | Red lighted object over the Northside of Chicago and north suburban area. |
| Chicago, IL | 2012 | Low flying brown rectangular object |
| Chicago, IL | 2012 | Craft flies in figure 8's over Midway , then down Ciceroƹred & 1white front light w/3 red horizontal lights flashing sequentially |
| Chicago, IL | 2012 | Fireball of light for 30 seconds on the south end of Lake Michigan. |
| Chicago, IL | 2012 | UFO’s spotted in Chicago in the early morning on 10/12/12. |
| Chicago, IL | 2012 | Four orange globes moving slowly and changing positions |
| Chicago, IL | 2012 | Bright orange orb fly's over Cook County, IL. |
| Chicago, IL | 2012 | ((HOAX??)) It was big and shiny in a teardrop shape. 500 Lights On Object0: Yes |
| Chicago, IL | 2012 | Dancing Orbs |
| Chicago, IL | 2012 | Several Yelowish-Orang to Red lights over West Chicago |
| Chicago, IL | 2012 | 3 Lighted Objects Spotted in Chicago 9-14-2012 |
| Chicago, IL | 2012 | V shaped craft. |
| Chicago, IL | 2012 | Shiny silver blimp-like aircraft - no wings.. |
| Chicago, IL | 2012 | RED/ORANGE ORBS ACCROSS THE NIGHT SKY |
| Chicago, IL | 2012 | BEAMS RED THEN FADES TO ORANGE |
| Chicago, IL | 2012 | Observed and photographed five silent stationary discs. Two with red lights underneath and three with white lights. |
| Chicao, IL | 2012 | Chicago reports: Group of reddish-orange lights seen floating in sync. |
| Chicago, IL | 2011 | seen one metalic orb then seen 15-20 orbs |
| Chicago, IL | 2011 | Golden-Very slow-fireball-something about it was NOT RIGHT!! |
| Chicago, IL | 2011 | Three orange-red lights in shape of triangle with fourth light approaching during an intense lightning storm. |
| Chicago, IL | 2011 | flying objects near chicago o'hare air port (footage capture) |
| Chicago, IL | 2011 | It was the vapor trail that made a ring in the sky. |
| Chicago, IL | 2011 | UFO's Flahing Intense Bright Light |
| Chicago, IL | 2011 | fast moving bright orange light seen flying through sky in chicago then suddently dimmed and vanished |
| Chicago, IL | 2011 | Bright, Oval, Slow Moving, Single-Aircraft with blinking colorful lights hovering over Chicago, IL 10:30PM 6/19/2011 |
| Chicago, IL | 2011 | Like an airplane |
| Chicago, IL | 2011 | lightning was behind a cloud and this tear drop shaped bright light with a dark spot in the middle was in the dark in front of the clou |
| Chicago, IL | 2011 | Very large white oval travelling at 300 miles per hour spotted over Chicago |
| Chicago, IL | 2011 | Three white strobing lights in a triangular pattern |
| Chicago, IL | 2011 | Another mysterious vehicle observed, Chicago fireworks display, July 4, 2011. |
| West chicago, IL | 2011 | white light zigzagged, came down, went up, headed north until out of sight |
| Chicago, IL | 2010 | 10-12 lights floating in a Y formation then separating in groups of 3, all while silent, no noise was made. |
| Chicago, IL | 2010 | ((HOAX??)) Glowing Fireball witnessed by 6 sober people in front of a chicago bar. |
| Chicago, IL | 2010 | Midwestern location view of a single star moving north across the night sky at 7:40 pm on 9/13/10. |
| Chicago, IL | 2010 | Orange lighted fireballs over north side of Chicago. |
| Chicago, IL | 2010 | Saw a strange, fast flying object with NO lights heading Northbound LOW in the sky over Chicago. |
| Chicago, IL | 2010 | Appeared At First Like An Airplane, But Was Defintely Not! |
| Chicago, IL | 2010 | We saw about 10 glowing objects floating in a similar path in Southwestern sky 7/31/10 about midnite. |
| Chicago, IL | 2010 | Individual shinning objects forming a triangle shape. |
| Chicago, IL | 2010 | A Pitch black sphere slowly hovered, moving in a south-eastern direction. |
| Chicago, IL | 2010 | Strange Craft Descends from Sky in Chicago and exits the night sky rapidly to the North East |
| Chicago, IL | 2010 | Weird banging noises @ 4 different corners at a time in the sky lasting for 10-15 min. |
| Chicago, IL | 2010 | Black object floating around airplane. |
| Chicago, IL | 2010 | Three orange, flame "lanterns" slowly moving NNE over Chicago in formation on July 4, 2010 at 9:45pm |
| Chicago, IL | 2010 | Amber/orange unknown light |
| Chicago, IL | 2010 | UFO in Midway Airport area July 2010 |
| Chicago, IL | 2010 | it was up there with the stars, still and brightly shining then turned orange and darted away. |
| Chicago, IL | 2010 | Ring of fire |
| Chicago, IL | 2010 | Fireball object over chicago midway airport! ((NUFORC Note: Report from experienced aviation professional. PD)) |
| Chicago, IL | 2010 | FLAT BLACK COLOR DISC. |
| Chicago (near), IL | 2009 | Thanksgiving - spade shaped object with 10-15 red lights below the cloud overcast and above the tree line. |
| Chicago, IL | 2009 | three organe glowing lights, no airplane winges, evenly spaced going out of sight. |
| Chicago, IL | 2009 | 3 red/orange lights in an isosceles triangle formation. |
| Chicago, IL | 2009 | Tear shaped objects slowly moving across the lake about 100 feet from the surface of the water. |
| Chicago, IL | 2009 | On Friday, September 11, at about 21:30 hours I observed, in the sky south of my home in Prospect Heights, Illinois, two very bright ob |
| Chicago, IL | 2009 | UFO seen in Chicago. |
| Chicago, IL | 2009 | Circle light ball in a city,traveling perfectly straight and at the same height all the time. |
| Chicago, IL | 2009 | Flaming dot in the night sky |
| Chicago, IL | 2009 | A strange flying triangle shape object moving silently at extreme speed in the night sky |
| Chicago, IL | 2009 | 3 red lights seen over Chicago |
| Chicago, IL | 2009 | Triangular aircraft, hovering, orange lights and no sound |
| Chicago, IL | 2009 | Oval/circular object with red/yellow lights |
| Chicago, IL | 2009 | floated as if in water... |
| Chicago, IL | 2009 | Pulsating sphere changing in size. |
| Chicago, IL | 2009 | Bright orange colored UFO in Chicago |
| Chicago, IL | 2009 | August 23, 2009 Seven Chicago Witnesses view strange Orange Red balls of light in night sky. |
| Chicago, IL | 2009 | It was 4:30 in the morning. Me and my friend were watching the Metorer shower. We noticed what we thought was a star in the sky was i |
| Chicago, IL | 2009 | 12 spheres spotted over NW Side of Chicago-light colored. Traveled NE. |
| Chicago, IL | 2009 | red flashing object moving over chicago |
| Chicago, IL | 2009 | Odd pulsing lights west of Chicago |
| Chicago (over nw indiana?), IL | 2008 | Bright orange reddish lights flickering over lake Michigan ((Chicagoland area)) |
| Chicago, IL | 2008 | Flashing white light was traveling across the sky from south to north, at an incredible speed, and gone within seconds. |
| Chicago, IL | 2008 | boomerang shaped object hanging in the air changed shape and looked like a string then metal ball |
| Chicago, IL | 2008 | Ball of light hovering near Midway airport... |
| Chicago, IL | 2008 | Bright light seen over the city of Chicago. |
| Chicago, IL | 2008 | Large Hovering Triangle Observed in Chicago Suburbs November 2008 |
| Chicago, IL | 2008 | Fighter Jet over Chicago |
| Chicago, IL | 2008 | Bright object seen over Lake Michigan. ((NUFORC Note: Sirius?? PD)) |
| Chicago, IL | 2008 | A UFO only in that the phenomena is currently unidentified. |
| Chicago, IL | 2008 | ufo in fireworks display |
| Chicago, IL | 2008 | Notched disc with slow wobbly movement at O'hare Terminal 3 observed at close range in daylight. |
| Chicago, IL | 2008 | Fast-moving low-flying light disappears over Chicago. |
| Chicago, IL | 2008 | Still UFO was observing something in the middle of the day |
| Chicago, IL | 2008 | Fireball over Chicago |
| Chicago, IL | 2008 | Glowing amber orb flying through sky at night |
| Chicago, IL | 2008 | Weird Lights on the North side of Chicago 8/14/08 |
| Chicago, IL | 2008 | Burning-like object appears and quickly ascends over Lake Michigan in north part of Chicago |
| Chicago, IL | 2008 | slow traveling light disappears |
| Chicago, IL | 2008 | Multiple blinking orange orbs over downtown and north side of Chicago |
| Chicago, IL | 2008 | One of them seemed to fade away |
| Chicago (east of), IL | 2007 | we both saw a huge dark cylinderical UFO with a haze around it ,moving real fast and also two small UFO like tear drop,vanishing in sec |
| Chicago, IL | 2007 | Circular flying object moving westward over Chicago |
| Chicago, IL | 2007 | 4 objects spoted over Lake Michigan in Chicago |
| Chicago, IL | 2007 | Bright green/white lights hovering over Chicago area. |
| Chicago, IL | 2007 | Dancing Dazzling Lights Up In The Sky |
| Chicago, IL | 2007 | Triangle shaped formation comprised of three fast moving balls |
| Chicago, IL | 2007 | UFO Observed During Chicago Thunderstorm |
| Chicago, IL | 2007 | Two UFO's clearly in background of Spielberg's Jaws movie. |
| Chicago, IL | 2007 | This turn was immpossible. |
| Chicago, IL | 2007 | Object sighted after reviewing video taken from aircraft preparing to land |
| Chicago, IL | 2007 | Several UFO sightings in Chicago, IL during a four hour time span. |
| Chicago, IL | 2007 | Oversized jet fastest thing i ever seen no noise at all |
| Chicago, IL | 2007 | On October 21, 2007 I observed 2 UFO's in Chicago's northern suburbs at 8p.m.. |
| Chicago, IL | 2007 | Bright Light leaves amber trail |
| Chicago, IL | 2007 | Brilliant multi-colored light hanging in the east-southest sky for over half an hour. ((NUFORC Note: Venus. PD)) |
| Chicago, IL | 2007 | Green light over Chicago |
| Chicago, IL | 2007 | More Chicago UFO's |
| Chicago, IL | 2007 | Falling Green Orb in Chicago |
| Chicago, IL | 2007 | Ball of changing light colors |
| Chicago, IL | 2007 | two objects near O'Hare, July 2007 |
| Chicago, IL | 2007 | Greenish Diamond shaped object with five smaller orbs in formation, daytime. |
| Chicago, IL | 2007 | One large triangular shaped object, seen by two children from an apt building kitchen window facing east, comming from the direction of |
| Chicago, IL | 2007 | 12/23/2007 13:30 Chicago Il.darkish disc shaped amongst the cloud staying still I got a 3 min. rec.shot of it. |
| Chicago, IL | 2007 | Flash of light in a fan shape gradient across the southern sky of chicago. |
| Chicago, IN | 2007 | 3 points of light that formed a kind of triangle that eventually became a straight line of lights. All of a sudden, one of the lights |
| Chicago area, IL | 2006 | black rectangle in cloud over chicago area |
| Chicago, IL | 2006 | Saw a Cigar like object that flashed a red beam at my face |
| Chicago, IL | 2006 | Falling fireballs above Chicago then flared up again while making circles |
| Chicago, IL | 2006 | brief expansion of a wand of light, that dissapeared as quickly as it appeared. |
| Chicago, IL | 2006 | This is just to bring your attention to a report I made 7/16/06 of a Circular object sighting close to Ohare Airport(5 miles), and anot |
| Chicago, IL | 2006 | Circular, silver stationary object over Chicago close to Ohare Airport at high altitude. |
| Chicago, IL | 2006 | Silent wobbling disk with white-illuminated underside moving southwest above downtown Chicago |
| Chicago, IL | 2006 | Quite large boomerang shaped object with dim/ faint yellowish lights lining the V-shape of the bottom |
| Chicago, IL | 2006 | daylight observation: moving brilliant hi alt star-like object, spherical |
| Chicago, IL | 2006 | Chicago Flash of Light |
| Chicago, IL | 2006 | Strange Lights in sky never seen before in hovering manner |
| Chicago, IL | 2006 | UFO over the Midway airport in Chicago. |
| Chicago, IL | 2006 | oval-shaped UFO sighted around noon southeast of the Chicago Loop |
| Chicago, IL | 2006 | Perfect giant circular hole in heavy clouds with a clear blue sky only within the hole. |
| Chicago, IL | 2006 | Brief sighting of globular object at extremely high altitude and speed entering and then leaving atmosphere. |
| Chicago, IL | 2006 | Very low and slow-flying aircraft |
| Chicago (in-flight sighting), IL | 2005 | Hazy clear disc with a Christmas tree ball in the middle above Chicago |
| Chicago, IL | 2005 | 3 shape-changing objects, interacting with each other, seen flowing southward over downtown chicago |
| Chicago, IL | 2005 | Low-flying craft with vapor trail spotted at nightfall. |
| Chicago, IL | 2005 | odd bird-shaped flying device spotted in urban area |
| Chicago, IL | 2005 | Wife and I were watching TV...she noticed a bright orange flash outside to the west/southwest. We're 7 stories up in our building, and |
| Chicago, IL | 2005 | several peculiar red lights flew about in a formation and appeared to climb |
| Chicago, IL | 2005 | Spinning flat objects |
| Chicago, IL | 2005 | Two oval objects flying high over Chicago Sky |
| Chicago, IL | 2005 | Multicolored strange object over Chicago. ((NUFORC Note: Possible twinkling star. PD)) |
| Chicago, IL | 2005 | I saw a red lite moving accross the sky very slowly and totally silent. |
| Chicago, IL | 2005 | Light moving fast over Chicago |
| Chicago, IL | 2005 | they started out like comets from the sky converting into circle of lights moving side to side |
| Chicago, IL | 2005 | 3 cigar shaped lights |
| Chicago, IL | 2005 | Multiple lights hanging in sky |
| Chicago, IL | 2005 | A large, green ball of fire fell out of the sky over Chicago, viewed from just North of the city |
| Chicago, IL | 2005 | I Thought I Saw a UFO! |
| Chicago, IL | 2005 | UFO's seen at The Chicago Air Show! |
| Chicago, IL | 2005 | three triangular black objects hovering in a trianglular formation |
| Chicago, IL | 2005 | I saw something strange in the sky today. I was facing north in chicago next to the lake. A bright object which you would think was a |
| Chicago, IL | 2005 | Bright white object in sky of north side Chciago traveling west at a fast speed. |
| Chicago, IL | 2005 | Neighbor caught some UFOs 2 bright white circular round objects flying over Chicago on his new digital video camera Saturday evening. |
| Chicago, IL | 2004 | brilliant beautiful orb over lake |
| Chicago, IL | 2004 | Would it be possible they were stars? |
| Chicago, IL | 2004 | Light seen of Lake Michigan in Chicago |
| Chicago, IL | 2004 | Dark oval shaped object over the city. |
| Chicago, IL | 2004 | Saw a circular/ring shaped dark craft above the shore of Lake Michigan/downtown Chicago against a blue sky. |
| Chicago, IL | 2004 | Mother and daughter see "firework" stop, then turn into some type of unlighted craft. |
| Chicago, IL | 2004 | Same UFO from Orland Parlk / Tinley Park? |
| Chicago, IL | 2004 | Bright flashing and pulsating light |
| Chicago, IL | 2004 | Cylinder shaped with lights on the side. I Have never seen a plane do that... |
| Chicago, IL | 2004 | The craft appeared to be a black triangle very, very quiet in rather quick in speed. It had reddish blinking strobe like lights and wh |
| Chicago, IL | 2004 | 3 big balls of light just sitting in the sky over by O'Hare Airport |
| Chicago, IL | 2004 | Small white circular object hovered in the sky |
| Chicago, IL | 2004 | fire ball moving horizontally across sky |
| Chicago, IL | 2004 | Large "Star" Moved Across Night's Sky |
| Chicago, IL | 2004 | it was spying on us. it flew away when we looked at it. |
| Chicago ('burbs), IL | 2003 | glowing orange slice moving south on I-55 |
| Chicago (over lake michigan), IL | 2003 | a teardrop or fireball shaped object that hung in the sky; the object showed up on a long-exposure photograph. |
| Chicago (west suburbs), IL | 2003 | 2 soft white lights, one disappears and reappears quickly next to the other during a sunset. |
| Chicago, IL | 2003 | I was in the lincoln park area of chicago sitting in a park surrounded by many trees. I looked up to see an object that was about 300 |