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 (date of earliest event reported): November 9, 1998

                          Commission File Number 0-9747



                       EXCALIBUR TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



               Delaware                             85-0278207
      (State or other jurisdiction of              (I.R.S. Employer
       incorporation or organization)               Identification No.)

       1921 Gallows Road, Suite 200, Vienna, Virginia          22182
          (Address of principal executive offices)          (Zip Code)

       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (703)761-3700       









Item 4.  Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant

      On November 9, 1998,  Excalibur  Technologies  Corporation (the "Company")
engaged  PricewaterhouseCoopers  LLP as its  independent  accounting  firm.  The
decision to engage  PricewaterhouseCoopers  LLP was  approved  by the  Company's
Board of Directors on the recommendation of its Audit Committee.






                                   SIGNATURES



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, thereunto duly authorized.


                                 EXCALIBUR TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION


                                   By:/s/James H. Buchanan
                                   ---------------------------
                                   James H. Buchanan
                                   Chief Financial Officer

Date:  November 9, 1998