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): February 19, 1999

                          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 5. Other Events

      Excalibur   Technologies   Corporation,   a  Delaware  corporation,   (the
"Company"),  has  determined to hold its Annual  Meeting of  Shareholders  ("the
Meeting") on Tuesday, August 24, 1999.

      As a result of the  foregoing,  proposals of  shareholders  intended to be
presented by such shareholders at the Meeting must be received by the Company at
its  principal  office  no later  than  March  11,  1999 and  must  satisfy  the
conditions established by the Securities and Exchange Commission for shareholder
proposals to be included in the Company's proxy statement for the Meeting.  This
deadline  replaces  the former  deadline as  disclosed  in the  Company's  Proxy
Statement for its 1998 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.





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                                   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:  February 19, 1999






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