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  United
        States
  Securities
        and Exchange Commission
  Washington,
        D.C. 20549
  Form 8-K
  Current
        Report
  Pursuant
        to
        Section 13 or 15(d) of the
  Securities
        Exchange Act of 1934
  Date
        of report:
  August 1, 2007
  REALTY
        INCOME CORPORATION
  (Exact
        name of
        registrant as specified in its charter)
  Maryland
  1-13374
  33-0580106
  (State
                  of
                  Incorporation)
  (Commission
                  File Number)
  (IRS
                  Employer
                  Identification No.)
  220
        West
        Crest Street, Escondido, California 92025-1707
  (Address
        of
        principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
  (760) 741-2111
  (Registrant's
        telephone number, including area code)
  None
  (former
        name or
        former address, if changed since last report)
  Check
        the
        appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
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        provisions:
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  Item
        2.02         Results of Operations
        and Financial Condition
  On
        August 1, 2007, we issued a press release, which sets forth our results of
        operations for the quarter ended June 30, 2007.  A copy of our press
        release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by
        reference.  This information shall not be deemed "filed" for any
        purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
        and is not incorporated by reference into any of our filings, whether made
        before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation
        language in any such filing.
  Item
                  9.01
  Financial
                  Statements and Exhibits
  Exhibits
  The
                  following
                  exhibit is filed with this Form
                  8-K:
  99.1   Press
        release dated August 1, 2007
  SIGNATURE
  Pursuant
        to the
        requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly
        caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly
        authorized.
  Dated:
                  August
                  1, 2007
  REALTY
                  INCOME
                  CORPORATION
  By:
  /s/
                  Paul M. Meurer
  Paul
                  M.
                  Meurer
  Executive
                  Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and
                  Treasurer