I SAW WHAT APPEARED TO BE A "FALLING STAR" (A BRIGHT BALL OF LIGHT);JUST ABOVE THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS.THE LIGHT JUST KEPT MOVING IN A HORIZONTAL TRAJECTORY (FROM SOUTH TO NORTH). I RAN INTO THE HOUSE. I WOKE UP MY BROTHER AND GRABBED MY FATHERS HAND HELD TELESCOPE. THE FLYING OBJECT WAS STILL CLEARLY VISIBLE TO US AS WE WENT OUTSIDE; I VIEWED THE OBJECT THROUGH THE SCOPE AND OBSERVED THE SHAPE( TEARDROPED).THE OBJECT WAS LEAVING A VAPOR(?) TRAIL BEHIND IT ABOUT ONE MILE LONG, IT'S COLOR BEING SILVER.THE OBJECT MADE NO SOUND TO OUR EARS AND SHOWED NO PULSATING LIGHTS OF ANY KIND. THE COLOR OF THE OBJECT ITSELF WAS BLACK. THE MOST SPECTACULAR THING ABOUT IT WAS THE MASSIVE FRONT WINDOW HAVING A NON PULSATING BRIGHT GOLD LIGHT EMANATING FROM WITHIN!!!THE SIZE OF THE OBJECT SEEMED TO BE THREE TIMES THE SIZE OF A COMMERCIAL AIRLINE PASSENGER JET.THE SPEED WAS APPROXIMATELY 100 MPH.THE ALTITUDE WAS ABOUT A HALF MILE HIGH AND IT'S FLIGHT PATH WAS STRAIGHT (FROM SOUTH TO NORTH) AND IT MAINTAINED THE SAME ALLTITUED