Best Time.  When checking for activity, just after sunset to around 9pm are the best times. If you do not see any 'indicators' between these times, then the chances are that there is no activity around your location at this period of time. But, do try again tomorrow and the next day.. and the next... and the next etc, etc, etc.....

When you do see UFO activity, any time day or night are likely times to see them.

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Preparing Yourself.

You have to now begin training your observation abilities. The secret to observing UFO's is...

1. Patience - You will need to spend at least one hour in this location. It takes a good 10 minutes to adjust your eyes to the sky conditions. You will have to overcome the "impatience barrier". Self discipline has to be learnt and the boredom overcome. It is through development of this self discipline, that you will become successful and eventually see UFO's. The wait will be worthwhile. Once you see UFO's, boredom will not be a issue for you.

2. Persistence - To see UFO's the first time they visit your location you have to be persistent in your skywatching. Set regular times you begin skywatching so it becomes a habit. Fit it into your daily routine so it becomes part of your life. You have an agenda, and that is to see UFO's. Once in a while is not good enough. Remember, a UFO 'flap' may only last 1-3 days or nights, so you do not want to miss that do you? Persistence will yield results. After your first evening vigil, have another half hour look just before you go to bed. They may be around later in the evening.

3. Familiarity - You must get used to and familiar with the normal environment within your field of view. Take note of where the street lights, building lights, aircraft flight paths, radio beacon lights and any other 'normal' illumination in your area. Get familiar with the positions of the brightest stars and constellations in the night sky. Identifying these can not only help pass time but educate you. You will eventually be able to quickly identify an illumination that you know from you observation experience, should not be there, and take special notice of it. Get used to the flight paths, size, speed and angles of approach and departure of Satellites. You will need this knowledge for comparisons at a later date.

4. Vision - Your vision development will improve over time, it is not something that is easy to master at first but it will happen if you regularly observe the night sky for longer periods of time. There are two parts of your vision that need developing..

a) Night Vision - You will be basically training your eyes (brain actually) to 'see in the dark'. You need to develop this so that you can see the fast moving faint to black objects moving against the night sky.

b) Peripheral Vision - Your side vision will develop at the same time as your night vision abilities. They work together. You will notice things moving out of the corner of your eye, even from just behind you as you develop this ability. This alerts you to any movement and allows you faster reaction times to film or observe. You will be observing larger areas of the sky so that instead of looking, you will be constantly 'scanning' the whole sky much faster and more accurately. This is a real advantage to develop this ability. You can do it, just keep training yourself while being aware of what you are developing and why.

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The 'Indicators'. (Night Time)

Now that you are armed with the information discussed above and ready to develop your personal abilities, lets go skywatching.

For your sake, I hope there is no UFO activity around when you first go skywatching because this will allow you to 'feel' what it is like under normal conditions when there is no UFO around. It will also get you familiar with your surrounding location and settle you down into a routine. You could be lucky however, but this would spoil you into thinking it was like this all the time, which it is not.

What to Look For.

1. Any fast moving dull to dark object against the night sky. Basically, any moving object not identifiable. Birds and bats do fly at night but you will learn the difference. Sometimes the black objects are wide boomerang shapes and move very fast.

2. High altitude flashing lights. These will appear obviously higher that satellite height. They may flash only once or 4-5 times. Appear stationary of slowly moving. Just mentally record these as possible indicators. Always try to video anything you consider unusual. Good practice. Get comparisons and evidence. One event does not make a UFO 'wave' or 'flap'. You will learn this over time. You need a series of 'indicator' events to confirm possible UFO activity.

3. Strobing Objects. These may appear at or below satellite height and strobe constantly at various rates. The main object may appear black (unseen) or fully illuminated with the strobe even brighter. These can move very fast in steady straight flight path not on commercial flight paths. They fly W to E and S to N and N to S here.

4. The most spectacular of the 'indicators' that will confirm real UFO activity is happening are what I call the "Probe" type objects. These appear to be very bright silver/white lights at low altitude. (sometimes mistakenly thought of as bright satellites) Your observation abilities are needed to calculate altitude by referencing the angles of approach and departure of the object related to the angle in the sky compared to the horizon. These will sometimes flare up very brightly (5x brightness of Venus) and fade down to go out and lost from view over a short distance. Some (if not all) are spheres around 2 feet dia. but some could be a little larger and upright drum shape. They seem to flare up over populated towns and cities, then go out once past city boundaries. These are a real UFO.

5. If you see some or all of the above, you are in a UFO 'wave' situation. You are now highly likely to see anything UFO. One type of UFO to look for is the dim illuminated rectangular fast moving object. These size from 2 - 5 feet. Now is the time to observe the sky all chances you get, day and night. The chances of day time UFO is heightened once you see the 'indicators'.

The level of UFO activity will determine the scale between 'wave' and 'flap'.

Remember: "Each day you do not see UFO's, is one day closer to when you will".  Good luck.

Make a Graph or list  to record you UFO sightings. You will record the UFO peaks during a one year period. You can then compare activity for each year you keep records. You may then be able to predict when the next 'wave' of UFO activity is due.