Sézanne, France: Bright white light at water tower stalls young man's van, gendarmes probe
At 9:00 p.m. on January 10, 2000, a young man near Sézanne, Marne, encountered an extremely bright white light near the town water tower while his van's engine and radio cut out.
Background
A young man near Sézanne encountered an extremely bright white light near the town water tower. He shielded his eyes as the engine of his van cut out and the radio stopped working. After about one minute the light went out, the dashboard lights came back on and he could restart the van. French gendarmes investigated but found no discernible cause. GEIPAN lists the case under Broyes (Marne), January 10, 2000. The account follows the entry in George M. Eberhart's chronology UFOs and Intelligence (CUFOS) and the sources cited there; it is not an independent determination by From Beyond Space.