Short reaction time Geiger counters have been used at sea level to study the time coherence of associated cosmic ray particles under 18cm of Pb, and also in air. A 50-channel hodoscope has been used to identify the events giving coincidences between two 138cm2 trays of these counters separated by 15 cm in a horizontal plane. No evidence was found for delays between associated particles of the order of 2 x 1W8sec, as reported by Robinson using spark counters, although the counter resolving time of 1.4 x sec should have allowed detection of the effect. Multiple hits by particles on the Geiger counter trays were found t o give modified counter reaction time distributions, and it is suggested that a similar effect could occur in spark counters. A theory which accounts for the behaviour of both spark and Geiger counters under multiple hit conditions has been developed. PNYS. SOC. LXVII, 12-A 72 1 time 1 intervals 0.6 0.2+0.1 0.2, -3.5, -0.7, 1 1.47+ 0.03 J -1.6, -2.0,1.3, -3.5 100 33*2_+0+9 O~OOk0.04 t These numbers do not sum to 1422 because 16 mm film magazine trouble caused the loss of some Pictures.One interval was outside the range of mczisurement.