The very "skeptical" ufologists Gérard Barthel and Jacques Brucker, in 1979 - when the case had been republished in many ufological books and journals and dated Octoassured that the case has been "distorted." They say the son was 4-years-old, they change Cherbonnières to Charbonnières.
The craft "disappeared soon", and immediately after, the driver was able to restart the engine of his car. Soon the engine stopped, the headlights went out, and at the same time a sharp glow changing color from bright red to the orange blinded the motorist who however distinguished a craft "motionless in the space" for a few moments. The child, who apparently felt the same discomfort, began to cry. Headlining "Picoti, picota.", something like "tickle tickle", many French newspapers for October 22 and 23, 1954, reported that a motorist from Cherbonnières who was driving on the road to "Souzou" - actually Pouzou, in the Charente-Maritime, with his 3-year-old son, felt tingling like electric shocks all over his body as his car advanced. Please cite this reference in any correspondence with me regarding this case. Reference for this case: 21-Oct-54-Pouzou.
October 21, 1954, Pouzou, Charente-Maritime: The index page for the 1954 French flap section of this website is here.