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= Solution

With $U^2=N^2=0$ and $U\mathbin\cdot N=-1$, define the <screen-space projector>
$$
\boxed{P^a{}_b=\delta^a_b+U^aN_b+N^aU_b}.
$$
Direct contraction gives $P^a{}_bU^b=P^a{}_bN^b=0$, while a vector orthogonal to both $U$ and $N$ is unchanged. Moreover $P^a{}_cP^c{}_b=P^a{}_b$ and $P^a{}_a=2$, so its image is precisely the two-dimensional transverse space.

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