I tried to come up with all sorts of rational explanations, but...

[He gestures vaguely in the general direction of where he estimates the airship docks to be.]

We don't have real magic where I come from. Pretty limited on the space travel front, too. I can't see any way this could be faked, and I'm already bruised black and blue trying to pinch myself awake. I suppose I have no choice but to believe.