The GEC-Marconi scientist deaths theory claims that between 1982 and 1990 a number of British-based GEC-Marconi scientists and engineers who worked on the Sting Ray torpedo project and United States Strategic Defense Initiative-related projects died under mysterious circumstances.
[1][2][citation needed] The first deaths to gain widespread attention and be linked to the theory came in 1986–1987.
One died after driving his car, which had been packed full of petrol containers, into a building.
Another tied a rope to his neck and to a tree and then drove off in a car.
At the time, some opposition lawmakers in the British parliament called for an investigation into the deaths.