But it does not in any way state that our characters are in that time and place on Earth, nor that they ever were there or have any way of referencing it.
The milieu is simply supposed to have the same atmosphere.
If our characters experience a BT invasion, then by the principles of SMA, our characters should be expected to react to the events of that invasion, and remember them, and think about them later—not simply forget the invasion happened because it wasn't the kind of thing that would happen in medieval Europe.
I completely agree. Our characters should react to what they see and experience, as if they were medieval nobles. But the medieval european atmosphere is not just a jumping-off point, after which anything goes. We are supposed to maintain that atmosphere. If we don't do that, then SMA is worthless. We might as well just rename it Serious Noble Atmosphere, and be done with it.
