Alien Base: The Evidence for Extraterrestrial Colonization of Earth: MODERN CONVENIENCES
Menger and the others were led to their sleeping quarters on the craft, consisting of three bunk-beds per compartment. ‘The bed did not feel overly soft,’ Menger reported, ‘instead it seemed to give just the correct extent to support the contour of the body. I laid my head on a flat pad of soft material, [and] pulled the single warm (but extremely light) coverlet over myself.’
In the morning, the guests showered in a compartment containing three or four cubicles, partitioned by translucent walls. ‘When I stepped inside one of the cubicles the door closed behind me and lights went on automatically,’ Menger reported. ‘Three shower heads, one above me and two at waist level, could be operated separately or all together.’
I pushed a button and a flow of water, apparently mixed with warm air for it was quite bubbly, fell over my body. I had never had a shower so invigorating.
I looked around for soap, but there was none. Seeing another button I had not previously pushed, I put my finger on it and a stream of colorless solution came from the shower heads and completely lathered my body; at the same time the water was turned off. I pushed the ‘soap’ button, then the ‘water’ button, alternately, enjoying the novelty like a small boy would have done.
The lavatory bowl reportedly looked ‘very much like one on Earth, except that the bowl was lower to the floor and was made of a hard white translucent material, not a ceramic’.
In a mirror above a kind of basin, Menger was surprised to notice that he did not need to shave, which was just as well, since he had not brought a razor with him. And — interestingly — throughout the estimated 10-day trip, he said, the guests found it unnecessary to shave.
Food was served in the main compartment of the spacecraft.
Our instructor opened a compartment in the wall and withdrew some items of processed food, which he put into a deep well, or pot, set into a sink-like unit.
He pushed a button and the pot filled with liquid. He allowed the food to steep in the liquid for about five minutes, then he drained the liquid from the pot. He pushed another button and almost instantly the appearance of the food changed and steam rose from it. It had been cooked in little more than a second!
. . . He removed the food from the pot by means of a large, deep strainer and transferred it to plastic-like plates which he said were disposable . . .
The food supposedly consisted of vegetables such as potatoes with ‘a meaty, nut-like flavor’, cabbage, carrots, parsley (‘much larger than our variety’), ‘green mineral salt’ for seasoning, ‘very large wheat kernels’, nuts of various kinds, served in slices, and a fruit about six inches in diameter, orange-red in colour, that tasted like a combination of peach and plum. ‘I am not certain how long we spent,’ Menger reported, ‘but, estimating by my watch, I believed it to be about ten days. I have often thought that time might have been different [on board], possibly because my beard didn’t seem to grow; but that could have been a result of our conditioning — however, all our other bodily functions seemed to progress normally!