President Joe Biden's administration has dismissively downplayed the growing and bipartisan public concerns about mysterious unidentified drones operating in the airspace above multiple states on the East and West Coasts and across the nation's heartland.

Yet, while publicly insisting that the drones are nothing to worry about, the administration has also quietly deployed the FBI and Homeland Security assets with advanced drone detection and countermeasure technologies, according to the New York Post.

The overall lackadaisical response from Team Biden to the increasing worries about a potential threat has prompted sharp criticism from local, state, and federal officials, Republicans and Democrats alike, around the country.

Drone detection technologies quietly deployed by FBI, DHS

Buried within an ABC News report on Monday that warned American citizens to not attempt to shoot or otherwise take down unidentified drones in the air above them was a substantial revelation of actions the federal government has taken just in case the mysterious drones do, in fact, pose a threat.

Both the FBI and Department of Homeland Security have deployed agents with infrared cameras and other drone detection equipment to try and ascertain whether or not the unidentified crafts over New Jersey and several other states are a potential risk to the government or the general public.

In addition, FBI and DHS agents are also closely scrutinizing thousands of pictures and videos submitted by concerned citizens and officials of suspected drones of unknown origin and purpose, in an effort to determine what, exactly, those crafts may be.

Trump claims the government knows but isn't saying

Both ABC and the Post reported that numerous officials, from local law enforcement and mayors to U.S. senators and even President-elect Donald Trump, have demanded more transparency from the Biden administration about what is going on with swarms of mysterious drones seen almost nightly over multiple states over the past several weeks.

On Friday, Trump wrote in a Truth Social post, "Mystery Drone sightings all over the Country. Can this really be happening without our government’s knowledge. I don’t think so! Let the public know, and now. Otherwise, shoot them down!!!"

During a Monday press conference at Mar-a-Lago, per ABC, Trump broached the subject again and said, "Our military knows, and our president knows, and for some reason, they want to keep people in suspense. Something strange is going on and for some reason, they don't want to tell the people. And they should."

Asked if he'd been briefed on the matter by intelligence officials, however, the incoming president replied, "I don't want to comment on that."

White House continues to downplay unidentified drone concerns

Also on Monday, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby addressed reporters in a press gaggle and, though he downplayed the suspicious drone matter as no big deal, he did briefly acknowledge that "advanced detection technology" and "trained visual observers" had been deployed to various regions by DHS and the FBI to investigate the mysterious sightings of unidentified drones.

Thus far, however, "We assess that the sightings to date include a combination of lawful commercial drones, hobbyist drones, and law enforcement drones, as well as manned fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and even stars that were mistakenly reported as drones. We have not identified anything anomalous or any national security or public safety risk over the civilian airspace in New Jersey or other states in the Northeast."

"The work continues. So that said, we obviously recognize the concern among many communities. We continue to support state and local authorities, as I said, with technology and law enforcement support. And we will continue to follow up, as appropriate, on the leads that are still active," he continued. "But I want to stress again: Our assessment at this stage is that the activity represents commercial, hobbyist, law enforcement drones, all operating legally and lawfully, and/or civilian aviation aircraft."

Later, pressed to respond to Trump's earlier remarks, Kirby insisted the administration was being as transparent with the public as possible and added, "If we had information, intelligence or otherwise, that told us that there was a national security threat posed by this drone activity, I would say that. Maybe I wouldn’t be able to tell you exactly what the threat is or who it’s from or what the purpose is, but I would."