In the latest audio recording to be posted to YouTube by the Ukraine government, it seems that the pro-Russian rebels have found and hidden the black boxes from flight MH17. Are they protecting them from being manipulated or are they manipulating evidence themselves?

The recordings, above, which the Ukrainian security service posted to YouTube, alleged separatists speak about finding the black boxes, and preventing anyone else from accessing them. Mashable cannot independently confirm the authenticity of the recordings, but the same YouTube account has posted other tapes of alleged rebel conversations that the United States has verified.

Alexander Borodai, rebel leader and self-proclaimed prime minister of the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic, said Sunday that rebels had found the black boxes, and would turn them over to the International Civil Aviation Organization.

The black boxes could be a key piece of evidence, as the world tries to determine who is responsible for the downing of Flight 17. Rebels are impeding the work of investigators at the crash site, as untrained militiamen pick through the wreckage.

But even without the data from the black boxes, the United States released evidence on Sunday that it said shows Flight 17 was shot down by a missile fired from within rebel-held territory in eastern Ukraine.

With all the power-play going on it is difficult to know who is on whose side and where the most accurate source of evidence is. Maybe we are just a little jaded and prone to conspiracy… but maybe not?

Have a browse through more details on the black boxes and flight data recorders at Mashable and let us know what you think… conspiracy theories are welcome too.