Comment: They're coming down thick and fast now, especially over the US, it seems...
© Sherrie James
Local officials say the incident happened at around 4:45 p.m. in northwest Harris County.
The space rock punched a hole through the roof of a two-story house, slammed into a bedroom floor, then ricocheted and struck the ceiling again.
Miraculously, no one was injured.
Fire Chief Fred Windisch of the Ponderosa Fire Department said he had never seen anything like it in decades of service.
The homeowner, Sherrie James, described hearing a loud explosion from inside the house.
Her grandson went to investigate and found a hole in the ceiling and the rock sitting on the floor below.
Realising what had happened, James immediately contacted emergency services.
The object is believed to be part of a meteor that streaked across Texas moments earlier.
Witnesses reported seeing a bright fireball in the sky shortly before the impact.
According to NASA, the object entered Earth's atmosphere at roughly 35,000 miles per hour.
It became visible high above the region before breaking apart mid-air, scattering debris across parts of Harris County.
Officials say the original space rock may have been around three feet wide and weighed close to a ton before fragmenting.
Comment: The American Meteor Society reports: